Mahabharata Quotes

“Those who value peace of mind, assign everything to the course of Time as the cause, but practical men soon assuage their grief by revenge.”
― Vyasa, Mahabharata

“The Brahmana said, 'Having crossed that impassable fastness (the world) which has purposes for its gadflies and mosquitoes, grief and joy for its cold and heat, heedlessness for its blinding darkness, cupidity and diseases for its reptiles, wealth for its one danger on the road, and lust and wrath its robbers, I have entered the extensive forest of (Brahman)'.”
― Vyasa, Mahabharata

“With age, man's hair grows grey, his teeth become loose; his eyes and ears too become dim in action; but the only thing that does not abate is his desire for enjoyment.”
― Vyasa, Mahabharata