--- title: "2 Acquisition Quotes By Milarepa" description: "2 Acquisition quotes by Milarepa. Plus more from Milarepa and more Acquisition sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/milarepa-17664_acquisition_all-worldly-pursuits-have-but-one-unavoi_44546.png" --- > [All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death. Knowing this, one should, from the very first, renounce acquisitions and storing-up, and building,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/all-worldly-pursuits-have-but-one-unavoidable-and-inevitable-end/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/milarepa-17664_acquisition_all-worldly-pursuits-have-but-one-unavoi_44546.png) > [All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/all-worldly-pursuits-have-but-one-unavoidable-and-inevitable-end-2/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/milarepa-17664_acquisition_all-worldly-pursuits-have-but-one-unavoi_690894.png) ## Other authors on Acquisition - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-james-95592.jpg) William James 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquisition/william-james/) - [Samuel Johnson 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquisition/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquisition/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alexander-woollcott-11063.jpg) Hilary Kornblith 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquisition/hilary-kornblith/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brad-feld-19044.jpg) Brad Feld 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquisition/brad-feld/) ## More by Milarepa > [All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/all-worldly-pursuits-have-but-one-unavoidable-and-inevitable-end/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [In the gap between thoughts nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/in-the-gap-between-thoughts-nonconceptual-wisdom-shines-continuously/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [Desires achieved increase thirst like salt water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/desires-achieved-increase-thirst-like-salt-water/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [Do not entertain hopes for realization, but practice all your life..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/do-not-entertain-hopes-for-realization-but-practice-all-your-life/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [Awakening to voidness of one's mind and illusory grasping of consciousness appear to be alike, but don't be hoodwinked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/awakening-to-voidness-of-one-s-mind-and-illusory-grasping-of/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/life-is-short-and-the-time-of-death-is-uncertain-so-apply-yourself-to/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [The affairs of the world will go on forever, do not delay the practice of meditation. Once you have met with the profound instructions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/the-affairs-of-the-world-will-go-on-forever-do-not-delay-the-practice/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [One should see that all appearance is like mist and fog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/one-should-see-that-all-appearance-is-like-mist-and-fog/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/all-worldly-pursuits-have-but-one-unavoidable-and-inevitable-end-2/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [To attain Buddhahood ... we must scatter this life's aims and objects to the wind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/to-attain-buddhahood-we-must-scatter-this-life-s-aims-and-objects-to/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [Strong and healthy, who thinks of sickness until it strikes like lightning? Preoccupied with the world, who thinks of death, until it arrives like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/strong-and-healthy-who-thinks-of-sickness-until-it-strikes-like/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/i-need-nothing-i-seek-nothing-i-desire-nothing/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [When you are strong and healthy, You never think of sickness coming, But it descends with sudden force, Like a stroke of lightning. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/when-you-are-strong-and-healthy-you-never-think-of-sickness-coming/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick: every time a stick is thrown, you run after it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/when-you-run-after-your-thoughts-you-are-like-a-dog-chasing-a-stick/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) > [Know emptiness, Be compassionate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/know-emptiness-be-compassionate/) [Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquisition/milarepa/#itemlist", "name": "2 Acquisition Quotes By Milarepa", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death. 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