All beings are fond of life; they like pleasure, hate pain, shun destruction, like life, long to live.
Mahavira
To all, life is dear.
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A monk should not take food for the sake of (physical) strength, taste, bodily improvement or lustre, but only for acquisition of knowledge, self restraint and meditation.
Dulichand Jain, Thus Spake Lord Mahavir
One should not be complacent with a small debt, a slight wound, a spark of fire and an insignificant passion, because what is insignificant now may soon become uncontrollable.
Dulichand Jain, Thus Spake Lord Mahavir
Knowing the worldly objects as bonds of the soul, the aspirant should procced in his life with extreme caution. As long as the body remains strong, he should use it to practise self-restraint. When the body is devoid of its strength completely, he should renounce it without any attachment like a lump of clay.
Dulichand Jain, Thus Spake Lord Mahavir