“Nothing is wasted, nothing is in vain: / The seas roll over but the rocks remain.”
A. P. Herbert
“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
“Those who do not serve the True Guru waste away their lives in vain. O Nanak, the Lord does just as He pleases. No one has any say in this.”
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vainIf learning's altar vanish from the plain.”
William Ellery Channing
“They have wasted away their whole lives in vain, those faithless cynics die regretting and repenting.”
Guru Nanak
“Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson
“When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain”
William Shakespeare
