Tiruvalluvar

“ Who kills conceit that utters 'I' and 'mine',
Shall enter realms above the powers divine.
He who destroys the pride which says "I", "mine" will enter a world which is difficult even to the Gods to attain. ”

“ When that which clings falls off, severed is being's tie;
All else will then be seen as instability.
At the moment in which desire has been abandoned, (other) births will be cut off; when that has not been done, instability will be seen. ”