Quotes by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Before creation I alone was, there was no other existence of the nature of cause and effect different from Me. After the creative cycle ends also, I alone exist. For, this universe is also Myself, and when everything is dissolved in its cause in Pralaya, what remains is only Myself.

It is Nature that causes all movement. Deluded by the ego, the fool harbors the perception that says I did it.

Not by refraining from action does man attain freedom from action. Not by mere renunciation does he attain supreme perfection.

Pleasure from the senses seems like nectar at first, but it is bitter as poison in the end.