#valluvar

"The Tirukkural, or shortly the Kural, is a classic Tamil language text consisting of 1,330 short couplets, or kurals, of seven words each. The text is divided into three books with aphoristic teachings on virtue (aram), wealth (porul) and love (inbam), respectively. Considered one of the greatest works ever written on ethics and morality, it is widely acknowledged for its universality and secular nature."

By the continuance of rain, the world is preserved in existence; it is therefore worthy to be called ambrosia

The Tirukkural or Thirukkural (Tamil: திருக்குறள், literally Sacred Verses), or shortly the Kural, is a classic Tamil sangam literature consisting of 1330 couplets or kurals, dealing with the everyday virtues of an individual. Considered one of the greatest works ever written on ethics and morality, chiefly secular ethics, it is known for its universality and non-denominational nature. It was authored by Valluvar, also known in full as Thiruvalluvar.

None can swim the great sea of births but for those who are united to the feet of God

The head that worships not the feet of Him who is possessed of eight attributes, is as useless as a sense without the power of sensation

None can swim the sea of vice, but for those who are united to the feet of that gracious Being who is a sea of virtue

Anxiety of mind cannot be removed, except from those who are united to the feet of Him who is incomparable

Those shall long prosper who abide in the faultless way of Him who has destroyed the desires of the five senses