Quotes from Bhartrhari

A good man may fall, but he falls like a ball [and rebounds]; the ignoble man falls like a lump of clay.

Even the severed branch grows again, and the sunken moon returns: wise men who ponder this are not troubled in adversity.

Man is but a beast without it: such a glorious god is Learning.

The constant man loses not his virtue in misfortune. A torch may point towards the ground, but its flame will still point upwards.