It has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits.
Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
I must, in candor, say I do not think myself fit for the Presidency.
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
I am glad I made the late race. It gave me a hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
A fool suffers, thinking, 'I have children! I have wealth!' One's self is not even one's own. How then are children? How then is wealth.
Those who have come to be, those who will be: All will go, leaving the body behind. The skillful person, realizing the loss of all, should live the holy life ardently.
Unindicated and unknown is the length of life of those subject to death.
Oneself, indeed, is one's own protector. One does, indeed [make] one's own destiny. Therefore, control yourself as a merchant does a fine horse.
Many do not realize that We here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.
To live in the consciousness of the inevitability of suffering, of becoming enfeebled, of old age and of death, is impossible. We must free ourselves from life, from all possible life.
Pure-limbed, white-canopied, one-wheeled, the cart roles on. See him that cometh: faultless, stream-cutter, bondless he.
They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed.
I shall live here in the rains, there in winter, elsewhere in summer, muses the fool, not aware of the nearness of death.
All too soon this body will lie on the ground, cast aside, deprived of consciousness, like a useless scrap of wood.
Virtuous people always let go. They don't prattle about pleasures and desires. Touched by happiness and then by suffering, The sage shows no sign of being elated or depressed.
Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering, full of tribulation. This one should wisely understand, one should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.
