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> [Strong and healthy, who thinks of sickness until it strikes like lightning? Preoccupied with the world, who thinks of death, until it arrives like thunder?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/strong-and-healthy-who-thinks-of-sickness-until-it-strikes-like/)

[Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/)

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## 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/)

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