““Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.””
Carlos Castaneda
“Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.”
Chanakya
“One who weeps for the sake of worldly objects, O Baba, weeps totally in vain.”
Guru Nanak
“In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.”
Virgil
“Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy, and vain.”
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
Henry David Thoreau
“When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain”
William Shakespeare