Thiruvalluvar Quotes Page 3

“The worth of a wife is a man's good fortune;
His jewels are his good children.”

“The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out tongue leaves an indelible scar.”

“There is no greater wealth than Virtue,
And no greater loss than to forget it.”

“Think wisely before you exercise an action. Having done so however, never look back and regret. That would be a shame.”

“This world is not for the poor, nor the next for the unkind.”

“Those who give way to great anger are like the dead.
Those who are free from anger are free from death.”

“To get wealth and security by guile,
is like one who pours water into a pot of unbaked clay.”

“To reprove a harm-doer,
put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.”

“To turn away a guest is poorest poverty;
To bear with fools is mightiest might.”

“Uttering foul words, while there are the sweetest of words, is like going for the unripe fruits while there are a lot of ripe ones.”

“Whatever things a man gives up,
By those he cannot suffer pain.”

“When no food is given to the ear,
Then let a little be given to the stomach.”

“When you are about to badger the weak,
Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.”

“Who lusts after another’s goods lusts himself to death.
He stays safe who eyes no one else’s wealth.”

“A life without discipline is shaky, insecure.
Guard your conduct and your well-being ensure.”

“And there is this thing called attachment, to things small and big.
Give that up if you want to be free from life’s constraining rig.”

“As sure as a life of honour leads to fame.
One degraded must end in shame.”

“As the restive bird, singing, abandons its nest.
So the soul flees the body, tired of being its guest.”

“To help without thinking ‘What’s in it for me?’
Is to be, for the helped one, vaster than the sea.”

“Banish the dark, view the light by seeing false as false.
And from all delusion freed, hark to the mystic vision’s calls.”

“Better far to stay unheard.
Than speak a single worthless word.”

“Born of and into error, by taking false as real.
Our present and our future we seal.”

“Break loose from desire’ it is wisely said, ‘and purity regain’.
By doing that you will a sense of the true attain.”

“Death’s but a nap’ says old wisdom.
But birth? A break in the soul’s freedom.”

“Don’t go by looks: the arrow, smooth, clean, pierces.
The harp, bent, makes music; don’t go by appearances.”

“Don’t hide behind the butcher’s blade saying, ‘He kills, I only eat'.

You’re the one that whets the knife that makes the thing called meat.”

“Evil acts won’t cure your poverty.
In fact, they’ll guarantee misery.”

“Forgiving the wrongdoer, in life’s book, has grace.
But forgetting the wrong itself has an even higher place.”

“Fortune fills the good man’s cellar with grain.
Like the village pond swells up with rain.”

“Good deeds done each day grow into a mighty rock.
Which all winds of harm will resolutely block.”