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Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another's.
I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant?
I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!
Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are the four external powers in which all the visible actions of mortals have their being and their end.