Friedrich Muller Quotes (193 Quotes)

He in whom all this is destroyed, and taken out with the very root, he, when freed from hatred and wise, is called respectable.

If you go on this way, you will make an end of pain

Into whose conquest no one in this world enters, by what track can you lead him, the Awakened, the Omniscient, the trackless

If a man is tossed about by doubts, full of strong passions, and yearning only for what is delightful, his thirst will grow more and more, and he will indeed make his fetters strong.

Life is easy to live for a man who is without shame, a crow hero, a mischief-maker, an insulting, bold, and wretched fellow.

He who is without thirst and without affection, who understands the words and their interpretation, who knows the order of letters (those which are before and which are after), he has received his last body, he is called the great sage, the great man.

They who know what is forbidden as forbidden, and what is not forbidden as not forbidden, such men, embracing the true doctrine, enter the good path.

A man who has learnt little, grows old like an ox his flesh grows, but his knowledge does not grow.

He who lives looking for pleasures only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his food, idle, and weak.

A good work is pleasant in the hour of death the giving up of all grief is pleasant.

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast.

For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse.

Christianity is a missionary religion, converting, advancing, aggressive, encompassing the world a non-missionary church is in the bands of death

Who shall find out the plainly shown path of virtue, as a clever man finds out the (right) flower

Whether touched by happiness or sorrow wise people never appear elated or depressed.

Beware of bodily anger, and control thy body.

He who has given up both victory and defeat, he, the contented, is happy.

The channels run everywhere, the creeper (of passion) stands sprouting if you see the creeper springing up, cut its root by means of knowledge.

The king of death does not see him who thus looks down upon the world.

This world is dark, few only can see here a few only go to heaven, like birds escaped from the net.

A wise man rejoices in liberality, and through it becomes blessed in the other world.

Some people are born again evil-doers go to hell righteous people go to heaven those who are free from all worldly desires attain immortality.

If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors.

If a man would hasten towards the good, he should keep his thought away from evil.

Death comes and carries off that man, praised for his children and flocks, his mind distracted, as a flood carries off a sleeping village.

If he does not wish for his own success by unfair means, then he is good, wise, and virtuous.

He himself does not belong to himself how much less sons and wealth

An act carelessly performed, a broken vow, and hesitating obedience to discipline, all this brings no great reward.

Men, driven on by thirst, run about like a snared hare held in fetters and bonds, they undergo pain for a long time, again and again.

Let no man love anything loss of the beloved is evil.

The swans go on the path of the sun, they go through the ether by means of their miraculous power the wise are led out of this world, when they have conquered Mra and his train.

The man who is free from credulity, but knows the uncreated, who has cut all ties, removed all temptations, renounced all desires, he is the greatest of men.

Who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him.

They who imagine truth in untruth, and see untruth in truth, never arrive at truth, but follow vain desires.

Do not follow false doctrine Be not a friend of the world.

Wise people do not call that a strong fetter which is made of iron, wood, or hemp far stronger is the care for precious stones and rings, for sons and a wife.

The five troubles or evils of the mind are passion, anger, ignorance, arrogance, pride, to anything, rejoice in freedom from attachment, whose appetites have been conquered, and who are full of light, are free (even) in this world.

Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good.

Not a mother, not a father will do so much, nor any other relative a well-directed mind will do us greater service.

On reaching immortality, the dominion of death is overcome.

He who overcomes this fierce thirst, difficult to be conquered in this world, sufferings fall off from him, like water-drops from a lotus leaf.

Of the people who possess these virtues, who live without thoughtlessness, and who are emancipated through true knowledge, the tempter, never finds the way.

One ought to follow the wise, the intelligent, the learned, the much enduring, the dutiful, the elect one ought to follow a good and wise man, as the moon follows the path of the stars.

Good people shine from afar, like the snowy mountains bad people are not seen, like arrows shot by night.

Let a man walk alone, let him commit no sin, with few wishes, like an elephant in the forest.

If an earnest person has roused himself, if he is not forgetful, if his deeds are pure, if he acts with consideration, if he restrains himself, and lives according to law,then his glory will increase.

The brilliant chariots of kings are destroyed, the body also approaches destruction, but the virtue of good people never approaches destruction,thus do the good say to the good.

As a tree, even though it has been cut down, is firm so long as its root is safe, and grows again, thus, unless the feeders of thirst are destroyed, the pain (of life) will return again and again.

In a hamlet or in a forest, in the deep water or on the dry land, wherever venerable persons dwell, that place is delightful.

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.