Dhammapada · Verse 110

Saṅkiccasāmaṇeravatthu

Pali

Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
dussīlo asamāhito;
Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
sīlavantassa jhāyino.

English

Better to live a single day
ethical and absorbed in meditation
than to live a hundred years
unethical and lacking immersion.

License: English CC0 (Bhikkhu Sujato); Pali public domain. Source: SuttaCentral (sc-data).