Though month after month for a hundred years one should offer sacrifices by thousands, yet if only for a moment one should worship those of perfected minds, that honour is indeed better than a century of sacrifice.
The Buddha
Dhammapada 106
Inner peace is the most expensive nowadays π!
Here he is happy, hereafter he is happy.
In both states the well-doer is happy.
βGood have I doneβ (thinking thus), he is happy.
Furthermore, he is happy, having gone to a blissful state.
The Buddha
Dhammapada 18
Nha Trang, Vietnam
Ah, happily do we live without yearning (for sensual pleasures) amongst those who yearn (for them); amidst those who yearn (for them) we dwell without yearning.
The Buddha
Dhammapada 199
The mind is difficult to control; swiftly and lightly, it moves and lands wherever it pleases.
It is good to tame the mind, for a well-tamed mind brings happiness.
The Buddha
Dhammapada 35
Though one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle, yet he indeed in the noblest victor who conquers himself.
The Buddha
Dhammapada 103