पञ्चतंत्र - आपत्सु वैराणि

क्षते प्रहारा निपतंत्यभीक्ष्णं
    धनक्षये दीप्यति जठराग्निः ।
आपत्सु वैराणि समुल्लसंति
    छिद्रेष्वनर्था बहुलीभवंति ॥

- पञ्चतंत्र

kShate prahArA nipatanti abhIkShNam
    dhanakShaye dIpyati jaTharAgniH ।
aapatsu vairANi samullAsanti
    ChidreShu anarthA bahulI bhavanti ॥

- panchatantra

A wound gets hurt again and again before healing. You feel more hungry when he has no money. All your enemies rejoice (and perhaps unite) when you are in trouble. When your life is being torn apart, you commit more blunders.

- Panchatantra

विपदो नैव विपदः

विपदो नैव विपदः सम्पदो नैव सम्पदः ।
विपद्विस्मरणं विष्णोः सम्पन्नारायणस्मृतिः ॥

विपदो नैव विपदः

vipado naiva vipadaH sampado naiva sampadaH।
vipat vismaraNaM visHNoH sampat nArAyaNa smRutiH ॥

Miseries are not real miseries. Wealth is not real wealth. Forgetting Vishnu is the real misery. Remembering him always is the real wealth.

भागवत - दुःखः

न कामयेऽहं गतिमीश्वरात् परा-
    मष्टर्द्धियुक्तामपुनर्भवं वा ।
आर्तिं प्रपद्येऽखिलदुःखभाजा-
    मन्तः स्थितो येन भवन्त्यदुःखाः ॥

- भागवत

I do not ask for salvation, death or wealth from god. All I ask to be among people with misery so that I can shoulder their misery and alleviate their pain.

- Bhagavata

नारदस्मृति - तमस्युग्रे निमज्जतः

न बान्धवा न सुहृदो न धनानि महान्त्यपि ।
अलं धारयितुं शक्ताः तमस्युग्रे निमज्जतः ॥

- नारदस्मृति

When one is really deep trouble, nobody can save him - not relatives, not well wishers, not even loads of money. This is apparent when one is stung by a scorpion.

- Narada Smriti