Milarepa

I thus free myself from the illness of ego-clinging.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.

The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones; they are what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

Many a man’s strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both.

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.

Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be.

The third component of the Law of Dharma is service to humanity–to serve your fellow human beings and to ask yourself the questions,How can I help? How can I help all those that I come into contact with? When you combine the ability to express your unique talent with service to humanity, then you make full use of the Law of Dharma.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

All of our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes their variety from light.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.