Heat and cold, wind and rain,
Sickness, prison, beatings---
I will not fret about such things,
For doing so will aggravate my trouble.

The Way of the Bodhisattva
Shantideva

Suffering also has its value:
Through sorrow, pride is driven out
And pity felt for those who wander in samsara,
Evil is drawn back from, goodness seems delightful.

The Way of the Bodhisattva
Shantideva

Those who harm me come against me
Summoned by my evil karma.
They will be the ones who go to hell,
Therefore, am I not the one to injure them?

The Way of the Bodhisattva
Shantideva

The mind is bodiless:
By no one could it be destroyed.
Yet it grasps the body fiercely,
And falls victim to the body's pain.

The Way of the Bodhisattva
Shantideva