Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Self is the lord of self, who else could be the lord? With self well subdued, a man finds a lord such as few can find.”
- Source
- The Dhammapada
- Date
- ancient
- English wording
- F. Max Müller — Translator · from Pali
Meaning of “Self is the lord of self, who else…”
The verse places responsibility for self-government within the person, presenting disciplined agency as a form of inward authority that cannot simply be outsourced.
Where does it come from?
Dhammapada 160, Chapter XII “Self,” Max Müller translation; “subdued” reflects the translation’s ethical discipline and should not be read as self-contempt.
