K eep yourself always awake. One who keeps awake increases his wisdom. He who falls asleep in wretched. Blessed is he who keeps awake. quote 6104 | Mahavira Brhatkalpa-bhasya, 3387 share
J ust as everybody keeps away from the burning fire, so do the evils remain away from an enlightened person. quote 6103 | Mahavira Isibhasiya, 35/23 share
T he five senses of the awakened always remain inactive. The five senses of the unawakened always remain active. By means of the active five, one acquires bondage while by means of the inactive five, the bondage is severed. quote 6102 | Mahavira Isibhasiyam, 29/2 share
T he ignoramus is always benighted. The enlightened is always wide awake. quote 6101 | Mahavira Acaranga, 3/1 share
E ven the noble becomes mean in the company of the wicked, as precious necklace on the neck of a dead body. quote 6100 | Mahavira Bhagavati Aradhana, 245 share
O bjects of the senses pollute knowledge if it is not protected by discipline. quote 6098 | Mahavira Shila-pahuda, 2 share
O ne who is constantly careful in his deportment is like the lily in the pond, untarnished by mud. quote 6097 | Mahavira Pravachansara, 3/18 share
L iving beings have desires. Desires consist in pleasure and pain. quote 6096 | Mahavira Kartikeyanupreksa, 18/14 share
E xternal renunciation is meaningless if the soul remains fettered by internal shackles. quote 6095 | Mahavira Bhava-pahuda, 13 share
O ne who, being swayed by wishful thinking, becomes a victim of passions at every step, and does not ward off the desires, cannot practice asceticism. quote 6094 | Mahavira Dasavaikalika, 2/1 share
G reed even for a piece of straw, not to speak of precious things, produces sin. A greedless person, even if he wears a crown, cannot commit sin. quote 6093 | Mahavira Bhagavati Aradhana, 1371 share
N on-possessiveness controls the senses in the same way as a hook controls the elephant. As a ditch is useful for the protection of a town, so is non-attachment for the control of the senses. quote 6092 | Mahavira Bhagavati Aradhana, 1168 share
J ust as fire is not quenched by the fuel and the ocean by thousands of rivers, similarly no living being is satisfied even with all the wealth of all the three worlds. quote 6091 | Mahavira Bhagavati Aradhana, 1143 share
K nowing that the earth with its crops of rice and barley, with its gold and cattle, and all this put together will not satisfy one single man, one should practice penance. quote 6090 | Mahavira Uttardhyayana, 9/49 share
T he more you get, the more you want. The greed increases with the gain. What could be accomplished by two masas (grams) of gold could not be done by ten millions. quote 6089 | Mahavira Uttaradhyayana, 8/17 share
T he sun scorches only during the day, but cupid scorches in the day as well as in the night. One can protect oneself from the sun, but cannot from cupid. quote 6088 | Mahavira Bhagavti Aradhana share
A n amorous person, failing to achieve his desired objects, becomes frantic and even ready to commit suicide by any means. quote 6087 | Mahavira Bhagavati Aradhana, 889 share
T he soul is the Brahman. Brahmacarya is therefore nothing but spiritual conduct of the ascetic concerning the soul, who has snapped out of relationship with alien body. quote 6086 | Mahavira Bhagavati Aradhana, 877 share
K nowing that pleasing sound, beauty, fragrance, pleasant taste and soothing touch are transitory transformations of matter, the celibate should not be enamoured of them. quote 6085 | Mahavira Dasavaikalika, 8/58 share
B y practicing celibacy one can fulfil all other vows - chastity, tapas (penance), vinaya (humility), sayyama (self-restraint), forgiveness, selfprotection and detachment. quote 6084 | Mahavira Prasnavyakarana, 9/3 share
O n the aggravation of one’s greed, a person fails to distinguish between what should be done and what should not be done. He is dare-devil who can commit any offence even at the cost of his own life. quote 6083 | Mahavira Bhagavati Aradhana, 857 share
A thief feels neither pity nor shame, nor does he possess discipline and faith. There is no evil that he cannot do for wealth. quote 6082 | Mahavira Bhagavat Aradhana, 862 share
A s gold does not cease to be gold even if it is heated in the fire; an enlightened man does not cease to be enlightened on being tortured by the effects of karma. quote 6081 | Mahavira Samayasara, 184 share
I f somebody were to beat a disciplined and restrained ascetic, the latter should not think of avenging himself considering the soul to be imperishable. quote 6080 | Mahavira Uttaradhyayana, 2/27 share