When the road ends, and the goal is gained, the pilgrim finds that he has travelled only from himself to himself.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me - deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realised only by the wise.
He is the true hero who fights to protect the helpless; though cut limb from limb, flees not the field.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
