Always Choose The 'Right Thing', Not The 'Pleasant' One.

yat tad agre viṣaṁ iva pariṇāme 'mṛtopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktaṁ ātma-buddhi-prasādajam

The pleasure that appears as poison in the beginning, but is like nectar in the end, comes by the grace of Selfknowledge and is in the mode of goodness.

The biggest asset a man can acquire is the space of completion.

viṣayendriya-saṁyogadyat tad agre 'mṛtopamam pariṇāme visam iva tat sukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛtam

Sensual pleasures that appear as nectar in the beginning, but become poison in the end, are in the mode of passion.