Be a Baby

From François Fénelon (6 August 1651 – 7 January 1715) "Knowledge Can Stand in the Way of Wisdom" (introduced to me from Kristin's Blog)

Soyez enfant

L'enfant n'a rien à lui

Il traite un diamant comme une pomme

Soyez enfant.

Rien de propre.

Oubliez-vous.

Cédez à tout.

Que les moindres choses soient plus grandes que vous.

Be A Baby

A baby owns nothing.

It treats a diamond and an apple alike.

Be a baby.

Have nothing of your own.

Forget yourself.

Give way on all occasions.

Let the smallest person be greater than you.

(cf. BG vi.8) see vedabase for word by word meaning:

jñāna-vijñāna-tṛptātmā kūṭa-stho vijitendriyah
yukta ity ucyate yogī sama-loṣṭrāśma-kāñcanah

(.... a clod, a stone and a piece of Gold are the same....)