The constant man loses not his virtue in misfortune. A torch may point towards the ground, but its flame will still point upwards. Bhartrhari More Quotes by Bhartrhari More Quotes From Bhartrhari Our life is like th' unstable wave, Our bloom of youth decays. Our joys are brief as lightning flash In summer's cloudy days, Our riches fleet as swift as thought; Faith in the One Supreme Alone will bear us o'er the gulfs Of Being's stormy stream. Bhartrhari god summer joy Let us keep a firm grip upon our money, for without it the whole assembly of virtues are but as blades of grass. Bhartrhari blades virtue money Those from whom we were born have long since departed, and those with whom we grew up exist only in memory. We, too, through the approach of death, become, as it were, trees growing on the sandy bank of a river. Bhartrhari rivers memories long
