“Gain and loss, pleasure and pain, praise and blame, fame and disrepute: these eight conditions revolve around the world. The wise understand their impermanent nature and remain serene and unperturbed.”

Canonical Pali Original: Lābho alābho ayaso yaso ca, nindā pasaṃsā sukhañca dukkhaṃ; Ete aniccā manujesu dhammā, asassatā vipariṇāmadhammā. Ete ca ñatvā satimā sumedho, avekkhate vipariṇāmadhamme.