विवेकचुडामणि

दोषेण तीव्रो विषयः कृष्णसर्पविषादपि ।
विषं निहन्ति भोक्तारं द्रष्टारं चक्षुषा~प्ययम् ॥

कृष्णसर्प - dark snake
निहन्ति - kill/destroy
भोक्तारं - one who swallows/eats/experiences
द्रष्टारं - one who sees

A sense object is more virulent than the poison of a king cobra. The poison of king cobra kills only him who swallows it but the a sense object brings about the death of him who merely looks at it.

मोक्षस्य काङ्क्षा यदि वै तवास्ति त्यजातिदूराद् विषयान् विषं यथा ।
पीयूषवत्तोष-दयाक्षमार्जव-प्रशान्तिदान्तीर्भज नित्यमादरात् ॥ ८४

मोक्षस्य काङ्क्षा - desire for Moksha/salvation
यदि वै तवास्ति - if you ever have
त्यजातिदूराद् - renounce/throw far away
विषयान् विषं यथा - all material desires (desires pertaining sense objects) as if they are poison
पीयूषवत्तोष - nectar of contentment and
दयाक्षमार्जव-प्रशान्तिदान्ती: - compassion, forgiveness (ability to forgive), straightforwardness/simplicity truthfullness, calmness
भज नित्यमादरात् - drink continuosly with great respect/eagerness

If you ever desire liberation, fling away all desires as if they were poison. Drink daily with great eagerness the nectar of contentment, compassion, forbearance, truth, straightforwardness, calmness and self control.

विवेकचुडामणि - आदि शंकराचार्य
Translation - P. Sanakaranarayanan

Surrender - Gandhi

I must go. . . with God as my only guide. He is a jealous Lord. He will allow no one to share His authority. One has, therefore, to appear before Him in all one’s weakness, empty-handed and in a spirit of full surrender, and then He enables you to stand before a whole world and protects you from all harm.

Not until we have reduced ourselves to nothingness can we conquer the evil in us. God demands nothing less than complete self-surrender as the price for the only real freedom that is worth having. And when a man thus loses himself he immediately finds himself in the service of all that lives. It becomes his delight and his recreation. He is a new man, never weary of spending himself in the service of God’s creation.

Wear and tear - Gandhi

Those who believe in God’s guidance just do the best they can and never
worry. The sun has never been known to suffer from over-strain and yet who
slaves with such unexampled regularity as he ! And why should we think that
the sun is inanimate? The difference between him and us may be that
he has no choice, we have a margin, no matter how precarious it may
be. But no more speculation of this sort. Suffice it for us that we
have his brilliant example in the matter of tireless energy. If we
completely surrender to His will and really become ciphers, we too
voluntarily give up the right of choice and then we need no wear
and tear.

Gandhi