Thus Spake Sri Rama

The sayings in this section have been collected from various sources like the Valmiki Ramayana, Adhyatma Ramayana and the Yoga Vasishtha Ramayana. 

• Old age in the forest of the body is like a she-jackal with her hideous cry than which a more ominous sound is never heard on earth. If the sense-organs are taken as children, these children cannot freely play in the house of the body dampened by old age.
• No man was ever born who could conquer old age which causes every single desire of his to remain unfulfilled. As darkness follows sunset, death follows old age.
• After a scrutiny of things inside and outside this body, just tell Me, O Sage, if you find anything good in it. How can one have any reliance on this body which does not go along with one when one dies?
• The childhood is spent in fun and frolic; the mind remains absolutely restless at that time. In youth man runs after sensual pleasure and can never expect to get peace. And in old age, the body becomes diseased and starts decaying. At this stage, man experiences nothing but sorrow.