Never have anything to do with likes and dislikes. The absence of what one likes is painful, as is the presence of what one dislikes.
Therefore don't take a liking to anything. To lose what one likes is hard, but there are no bonds for those who have no likes and dislikes.
From preference arises sorrow, from preference arises fear, but he who is freed from preference has no sorrow and certainly no fear.
(210-212)
The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree.
But the Tempter cannot master a man who dwells on the distasteful side of things, self-controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, resolute and full of faith, like the wind cannot move a mountain crag.
(7-8)
It is good to have companions when occasion arises, and it is good to be contented with whatever comes.
(331)
Like a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so the wise are not moved by praise or blame.
(81)
A victor only breeds hatred, while a defeated man lives in misery, but a man at peace within lives happily, abandoning up ideas of victory and defeat.
(201)
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