manasy anyad vacasy anyat karmaṇy anyad durātmanām |
manasy ekaṁ vacasy ekaṁ karmaṇy ekaṁ mahātmanām ||
(Hitopadeśa: 1.102)
“The wicked think one thing, say something else, and do yet another thing. Great souls think, say, and do one [and the same] thing.”
hiṁsraḥ sva-pāpena vihiṁsitaḥ khalaḥ
sādhuḥ samatvena bhayād vimucyate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.7.31)
“A hurtful, wicked person is hurt by his own sin. A sādhu is freed from danger by [his own] equability.”
khalo mṛgayate doṣaṁ guṇa-pūrṇeṣu vastuṣu |
vane puṣpa-phalākīrṇe purīṣam iva sūkaraḥ ||
(Unknown Source)
“The wicked search for faults within objects full of qualities just as a pig searches for stool within a forest full of fruits and flowers.”
apūrvaḥ ko’pi kopāgniḥ sajjanasya khalasya ca |
ekasya śāmyati snehād vardhane’nyasya vāritaḥ ||
(Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 2102)
“The fires of anger in the virtuous and the wicked are extraordinary: one is extinguished with oil [alt., affection], and the other increases with water [alt., restraint].”
