LIBERTY INFINITY

28. When the learned man drives away vanity by earnestness, he, the
wise, climbing the terraced heights of wisdom, looks down upon the
fools, serene he looks upon the toiling crowd, as one that stands on a
mountain looks down upon them that stand upon the plain DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM

27. Follow not after vanity, nor after the enjoyment of love and lust!
He who is earnest and meditative, obtains ample joy. DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM

26. Fools follow after vanity, men of evil wisdom. The wise man keeps
earnestness as his best jewel DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM

25. By rousing himself, by earnestness, by restraint and control, the
wise man may make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm. DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM

24. If an earnest person has roused himself, if he is not forgetful,
if his deeds are pure, if he acts with consideration, if he restrains
himself, and lives according to law,–then his glory will increase. DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM

23. These wise people, meditative, steady, always possessed of strong
powers, attain to Nirvana, the highest happiness. DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM

22. Those who are advanced in earnestness, having understood this
clearly, delight in earnestness, and rejoice in the knowledge of the
Ariyas (the elect). DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM