222
The thing we want eludes our grasp,
Some other thing is given; sometimes
Our wish is gained, and gifts unsought
Are ours; these all are God’s own work.
Hindu Poetess.
223
If a man conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greater of conquerors.*
Dhammapada.
Notes
* Cf. Prov. XVI, 32.