Friedrich Muller Quotations

Let him admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper!he will be beloved of the good, by the bad he will be hated.

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

Silently shall I endure abuse as the elephant in battle endures the arrow sent from the bow: for the world is ill-natured.

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.

Pleasures destroy the foolish, if they look not for the other shore; the foolish by his thirst for pleasures destroys himself, as if he were his own enemy.

If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.

If an occasion arises, friends are pleasant; enjoyment is pleasant, whatever be the cause.

If a man find a prudent companion who walks with him, is wise, and lives soberly, he may walk with him, overcoming all dangers, happy, but considerate.

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.

If thy mind is altogether free, thou wilt not again enter into birth and decay.

He who drinks in the law lives happily with a serene mind: the sage rejoices always in the law, as preached by the elect.

He who does not rouse himself when it is time to rise, who, though young and strong, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle man will never find the way to knowledge.

Whatever place a faithful, virtuous, celebrated, and wealthy man chooses, there he is respected.

His thought is quiet, quiet are his word and deed, when he has obtained freedom by true knowledge, when he has thus become a quiet man.

That fetter wise people call strong which drags down, yields, but is difficult to undo; after having cut this at last, people leave the world, free from cares, and leaving desires and pleasures behind.

Wise people, after they have listened to the laws, become serene, like a deep, smooth, and still lake.

Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus, with thy hand!

The thirst of a thoughtless man grows like a creeper; he runs from life to life, like a monkey seeking fruit in the forest.

As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, wise people falter not amidst blame and praise.

A man is not a supporter of the law because he talks much; even if a man has learnt little, but sees the law bodily, he is a supporter of the law, a man who never neglects the law.

A man is not an elder because his head is grey; his age may be ripe, but he is called 'Old-in-vain.'

This mind of mine went formerly wandering about as it liked, as it listed, as it pleased; but I shall now hold it in thoroughly, as the rider who holds the hook holds in the furious elephant.

For an evil act committed in the world does not bear fruit at once, like a cow.

They lead a tamed elephant to battle, the king mounts a tamed elephant; the tamed is the best among men, he who silently endures abuse.

If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found.

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

After a stronghold has been made of the bones, it is covered with flesh and blood, and there dwell in it old age and death, pride and deceit.