Very minor sins have led to great catastrophes, and for very minor good deeds, some met with enormous rewards.
-Seder Eliyahu Rabbah
I am the mother-of-pearl.
The world is a vein of silver,
An illusion!
This is the truth.
Nothing to grasp,
Nothing to spurn,
Nothing to dissolve.
I am in all beings.
All beings are in me.
This is the whole truth.
Nothing to embrace,
Nothing to relinquish,
Nothing to dissolve.
-Ashtavakra Gita
Let all thoughts be thoughts of noble progress,
For then even failing cannot be called a failure.
-Tirukkural
From the earth did We
Create you, and into it
Shall We return you
And from it shall We
Bring you out once again.
-Qur'an
Practice patience; it is the essence of praise.
Have patience, for that is true worship.
No other worship is worth as much.
Have patience; patience is the key to all relief.
-Rumi