Nathan Springer

“The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.”
― Dhammapada, The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha

“A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him.

Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted! ”
― Buddha, The Dhammapada: Verses on the Way

“We must begin our practice by walking the narrow path of simplicity, the hinayana path, before we can walk upon the open highway of compassionate action, the mahayana path.”
― Chogyam Trungpa, The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
― Mahatma Gandhi