Friedrich Muller Quotes on Fool (17 Quotes)

Let a fool month after month eat his food (like an ascetic) with the tip of a blade of grass, yet he is not worth the sixteenth particle of those who have well weighed the law.

If a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up against the wind.

The fool who knows his foolishness, is wise at least so far.

The follower of the law, even if he can recite only a small portion (of the law), but, having forsaken passion and hatred and foolishness, possesses true knowledge and serenity of mind.

A fool does not know when he commits his evil deeds but the wicked man burns by his own deeds, as if burnt by fire.

He who walks in the company of fools suffers a long way company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful company with the wise is pleasure, like meeting with kinsfolk.

The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone.

It is better to live alone, there is no companionship with a fool.

Here I shall dwell in the rain, here in winter and summer, thus the fool meditates, and does not think of his death.

Fools follow after vanity, men of evil wisdom.

Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gather it little by little.

A fool who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed.

If a man becomes fat and a great eater, if he is sleepy and rolls himself about, that fool, like a hog fed on wash, is born again and again.

He will have cruel suffering, loss, injury of the body, heavy affliction, or loss of mind,Or a misfortune coming from the king, or a fearful accusation, or loss of relations, or destruction of treasures,Or lightning-fire will burn his houses and when his body is destroyed, the fool will go to hell.

The sight of the elect (Arya) is good, to live with them is always happiness if a man does not see fools, he will be truly happy.

Come, look at this glittering world, like unto a royal chariot the foolish are immersed in it, but the wise do not touch it.

If a fool be associated with a wise man even all his life, he will perceive the truth as little as a spoon perceives the taste of soup.