Excessive anger is a great harm, but greater still is the unmindfulness born of excessive pleasure. Just as perpetual poverty slowly slays one’s knowledge, so does frequent forgetfulness destroy one’s prestige.
—The Thirukkural
Purity of mind and purity of conduct—these two depend upon the purity of a man’s companions.
—The Thirukkural
Topics: Mind
Like a tortoise withdrawing five limbs into its shell, those who restrain the five senses in one life will find safe shelter for seven.
—The Thirukkural
Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.
—The Thirukkural
Topics: Thought, Act, Wise
It is the principle of the pure in heart never to injure others, even when they themselves have been hatefully injured. Hating others, even enemies who harmed you unprovoked, assures incessant sorrow.
—The Thirukkural
There is no baser folly than the infatuation that looks upon the transient as if it were everlasting.
—The Thirukkural
How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?
—The Thirukkural
Topics: Vegetarianism
Before advancing against men weaker than yourself, Ponder when you stood before those more powerful.
—The Thirukkural
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