FinelySaid - List of sayings

1. India

Proverb

Hindi

Greed leads to ruin.

Original text : लोभ बर्बादी की ओर ले जाता है।

Tags : Indian , Wisdom

Categories : Asian wisdom , Education

2. India

Proverb

Hindi

The pitcher goes so often to the well that it gets broken at last.

Original text : घड़ा इतनी बार कुएं पर जाता है कि अंत में टूट जाता है।

Tags : Indian

Categories : Asian wisdom

3. India

Proverb

Hindi

Unity is strength.

Original text : एकता में बल है।

Categories : Asian wisdom

4. India

Proverb

Hindi

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Original text : अंडा फूटने से पहले ही मुर्गियों की गिनती न करो।

Categories : Asian wisdom , Life lessons

5. India

Proverb

Hindi

When the cat is away, the mice will play.

Original text : बिल्ली के न होने पर चूहे खेलते हैं।

Tags : Cat , Introspection , Life lessons

Categories : Asian wisdom , Life lessons

6. Buddha , India

Saying

Pali

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Original text : Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ; averena ca sammanti, esa dhammo sanantano.

Tags : Mindfulness , Religious text , Buddhism

Categories : Religious wisdom

7. Buddha , India

Saying

Pali

Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.

Original text : Rūpam śūnyatā śūnyatāiva rūpam.

Tags : Mindfulness , Religious text , Wisdom , Buddhism

Categories : Religious wisdom

8. Buddha , India

Saying

Pali

Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.

Original text : Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manosetthā manomayā.

Tags : Knowledge , Mindfulness , Religious text , Wisdom , Buddhism

Categories : Asian wisdom , Religious wisdom