29. Heedful among the heedless, wide-awake among the sleepy, the wise man advances like a swift horse leaving behind a weak jade.
30. By Heedfulness did Indra become the overlord of the gods. Heedfulness is ever praised, and heedlessness ever despised.
– Dhammapada II – Appamadavagga: Heedfulness 29 – 30
Dhammapada verses 29 and 30
