[656]
Lawlessness easily begins
when lawmakers who assume
they are above the law become lawbreakers,
who create and change laws for their gain,
taking law into their own hands;
not knowing the true law of karma exists.
[657]
We do not only leave
our legacies behind later.
We are living and leaving
our legacies right now.
[658]
Never live for nothing.
Never suffer for nothing.
Never enjoy for nothing.
Never die for nothing.
[659]
The more time spent
on mere talking,
the less time spent
on more doing.
[660]
If one mistakes much thinking
and much talking
as already doing much,
much will never get done.
[661]
There are no strange ones;
just misunderstood ones.
[662]
Better to be a good example
of your one good opinion,
than to give many good opinions
without being a good example.
[663]
Even when others let you down,
never let others down,
as when you let others down,
you let yourself down too.
[664]
To keep harping on one’s past,
even when one had changed,
is to lose track of present reality,
to be trapped in the illusory past.
[665]
If you cannot find a good reason
to do what you wish to do,
it is surely unreasonable to do it.
If you can find a clear purpose
to do what you wish to do,
it is surely purposeful to do it.