POETRY PARK

Like a lovely flower,
Bright and fragrant,
Are the fine and truthful words
Of the man who means what he says.
Like garlands woven from a heap of
flowers,
Fashion from your life as many good
deeds.
The perfume of sandalwood,
Rosebay or jasmine
Cannot travel against the wind.
But the fragrance of virtue
Travels even against the wind,
As far as the ends of the world.
How much finer
Is the fragrance of virtue
Than of sandalwood, rosebay,
Of the blue lotus or jasmine!
The fragrance of sandalwood and
rosebay
Does not travel far.
But the fragrance of virtue
Rises to the heavens.

- From the Dhammapada part 4 as translated by Thomas Byrom (via dhammanovice)