લાલચ આગ કરતાંય ગરમ છે.
Greed is hotter than fire.
Greed is hotter than fire.
How often a single glance brings about long regret!
When the eyes look upon lust, the heart becomes blind to the consequences.
How many intellects are held captive by dominant desires.
Indeed, you will not attain what you love except by being patient with what you dislike.
Lust and wisdom do not go together.
Desire is the companion of blindness.
Struggling against desires is the reformation of the self.
Whoever follows the desires of his self meets destruction.
Whoever is pleased with their base self and trusts its inclinations is ruined.
When your inner desires mislead you, do not be lenient with them.
Lust is an enemy that is blindly followed.
Sin takes hold of the heart, and there is no glance in which evil desire is not lurking.
Renounce that which the ignorant desire.
People are of two kinds: the seeker who fails to attain his desire, and the one who attains it yet remains unsatisfied.
There is no greater harm than lust.
The example of the world is like sea water—whenever a thirsty person drinks from it, it only increases their thirst until it kills them.
The best patience is the patience exercised over things one desires.
The prudent one is he who holds the reins of his desires.
Truth is heavy and bitter, and falsehood is light and sweet; and often yielding to desire for a single moment begets long sorrow.
Most often, intellect is struck down beneath the flashes of greed.
If you eagerly chase after the world, the world will turn away from you.
Love of worldly gain gives rise to greed.
The world is like your shadow: if you stand still, it stands still, but if you chase it, it moves further away.
Taste the sweetness of detachment by shortening long hopes.