“You can conquer thousands of men in thousands of battles, but the greatest victory is to conquer yourself”

“Greater in battlethan the man who would conquera thousand-thousand men,is he who would conquerjust one —himself.Better to conquer yourselfthan others.When you've trained yourself,living in constant self-control,neither a deva nor gandhabba,nor a Mara banded with Brahmas,could turn that triumphback into defeat.”

“Though you might conquer in battle A thousand times a thousand men,You're the greatest battle-winner If you conquer just one - yourself.”

“Sabed que todas las cosas son como esto: un espejismo, un castillo de nubes, un sueño, una aparición, sin esencia, pero con cualidades que pueden verse.Sabed que todas las cosas son como esto: como la luna en un cielo brillante en algún lago transparente reflejada, aunque a ese lago la luna nunca se ha desplazado.Sabed que todas las cosas son como esto: como un eco que deriva de música, sonidos y llanto, y sin embargo en ese eco no hay melodía.Sabed que todas las cosas son como esto: como un mago que crea ilusiones de caballos, bueyes, carros y otras cosas, nada es lo aparenta ser.”

“If one comes across a person who has been shot by an arrow one does not spend time wondering about where the arrow came from, or the caste of the individual who shot it, or analysing what type of wood the shaft is made of, or the manner in which the arrowhead was fashioned. Rather one should focus on immediately pulling out the arrow.”

“Those whom spring's storms torture yearn for the warmth of summer Without even fearing the ideaThat a hundred days of their lives will then have passed forever.”

“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.”