We'll nowhere find a thing more dear than self.
So, since others hold the self so dear,
He who loves himself should injure none.
~ Samyutta Nikaya
As a single slab of rock
Won't budge in the wind,
So the wise are not moved
By praise,
By blame.
Like a deep lake,
Clear, unruffled, & calm;
So the wise become clear,
Calm,
On hearing words of the Dhamma.
~ Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
"Generosity begins with our recognition of our debt to others." ~ Master Hsing Yun, "Describing the Indescribable"
