अप्पय्य दीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक - विषयानि

विषयाननुकूलयितुं विषयिणि हृदये विधीयतां यत्नः ।
दृशि देयमौषधं को दृश्ये दत्त्वा सुखी भवति ॥

-अप्पय्य दीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक

viShayAn anukUlayitum viShayiNi hRudaye vidhIyatAm yatnaH ।
dRushi deyam auShadham ko dRushye dattvA sukhI bhavati ॥

- appayya dIkShitasya vairAgya shataka

If one intends to make the external stimuli pleasant then he has to look inwards and condition the receptors in his heart. If the mind is clean and conditioned, it will not get anxious every time the eyes are attracted to something. Who can be happy if the medicine given to the eyes is applied to the objects the eye sees?

- Appayya Dikshit's Vairagya Shataka

अभिनवपाठावलि - दुःख

लोभमूलानि पापानि व्याधयो रसमूलकाः ।
स्नेहमूलानि दुःखानि त्रीणि त्यक्त्वा सुखी भवेत् ॥

- अभिनवपाठावलि

lobha mulAni pApAni vyAdhayaH rasamUlakAH ।
sneha mUlAni duHkhAni trINi tyaktvA sukhI bhavet ॥

- abhinavapAThAvali

Greed is the cause of all sins, indulgence the cause of illness, attachment/friendship is the cause of sadness. If one lets go of the three, then he shall be happy.

- Abhinavapathavali

श्री शंकराचार्य - कुमतेः पुरुषाधमस्य

लुब्ध्वा सुदुर्लभतरं नरजन्म जंतुः
    तत्रापि पौरुषमतः सदसद्विवेकम् ।
संप्राप्य चैहिकसुखाभिरतो यदि स्यात्
    धिक् तस्य जन्म कुमतेः पुरुषाधमस्य ॥

- श्री शंकराचार्य

lubdhvA sudurlabhataram nara janma jantu
    tatrApi pauruShamataH sat asat vivekam ।
samprApya cha aihika sukhAbhirato yadi syAt
    dhik tasya janma kumateH puruSha adhamasya ॥

- shri shankarAchArya

After having got the rare (and most sought after) human birth, and been rewarded with courage and wisdom to judge right and wrong if you still indulge in all the material pleasures then such a bad person with bad mind will be damned.

- Sri Shankaracharya

गरुडपुराण - मृत्यु

तृष्णासूचीविनिर्भिन्नं सिक्तं विषयसर्पिषा ।
रागद्वेषानले पक्वं मृत्युरश्नाति मानवम् ॥

- गरुडपुराण

tRuShNAsUchi vinirbhinna siktaM viShaya sarpiShA ।
rAga dveSha anale pakvaM mRutyuH ashnAti mAnavam ॥

- garuDa purANa

Death cooks a man's body like this - pierce it by the needle of greed, fry it in the ghee of sensory pleasures and heat it in the fire of attachment and hatred. At the end man is finished with his life.

- Garuda Purana

याज्ञवल्क्य - धर्मार्थकाम

ब्राह्मे मुहूर्ते चोत्थाय चिन्तयेदात्मनो हितं ।
धर्मार्थकामान् स्वे काले यथाशक्ति न हापयेत् ॥

- याज्ञवल्क्य

One must get up early in the morning and think about his own wellness. Be positive. Whenever the world presents opportunities to earn some Dharma (by doing good deeds), wealth and pleasures - he must grab it. He must not let them go (in the guise of austerity).

- Yajnavalkya

किरातार्जुनीय - कामसुख

श्रद्धेया विप्रलब्धारः प्रिया विप्रियकारिणः |
सुदुस्त्यजाः त्यजन्त्योऽपि कामाः कष्टा हि शत्रवः ||

- किरातार्जुनीय

Sensory pleasures are worse than conventional enemies. They will corrupt a person who has till then lead a righteous life. If a person embraces them with love, it will destroy him in return. It will not let go of him easily even if he wants to. Indeed, traditional enemies are better.

- Kiratarjuniya