Friedrich Max Muller Quotes

This world is dark, few only can see here; a few only go to heaven, like birds escaped from the net. - Friedrich Max Muller

This mind of mine went formerly wandering about as it liked, as it listed, as it pleased; but I shall now hold it in thoroughly, as the rider who holds the hook holds in the furious elephant. - Friedrich Max Muller

This body is wasted, full of sickness, and frail; this heap of corruption breaks to pieces, life indeed ends in death. - Friedrich Max Muller

They who know what is forbidden as forbidden, and what is not forbidden as not forbidden, such men, embracing the true doctrine, enter the good path. - Friedrich Max Muller

They who imagine truth in untruth, and see untruth in truth, never arrive at truth, but follow vain desires. - Friedrich Max Muller

They who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed of, and are not ashamed of what they ought to be ashamed of, such men, embracing false doctrines enter the evil path. - Friedrich Max Muller

They lead a tamed elephant to battle, the king mounts a tamed elephant; the tamed is the best among men, he who silently endures abuse. - Friedrich Max Muller

They depart with their thoughts well-collected, they are not happy in their abode; like swans who have left their lake, they leave their house and home. - Friedrich Max Muller

They blame him who sits silent, they blame him who speaks much, they also blame him who says little; there is no one on earth who is not blamed. - Friedrich Max Muller

These wise people, meditative, steady, always possessed of strong powers, attain to immortality, the highest happiness. - Friedrich Max Muller

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