Alexander

The story of Alexander and the ascetics as told by the Greek historian Arrian:

Alexander had conquered parts of Punjab. He saw some ascetics and asked them why they looked so content. The one  named Dandi Swami, replied, “O King, every man can possess only so much of the earth’s surface as he can stand upon. You are a mere human like rest of us, except you are always busy and up to mischief, travelling many leagues from your home, becoming a great nuisance to yourself and to others, taking an army along with you. Ah well! You will soon be dead, and then you will own just as much of this earth as will suffice to bury you. The reason we are supremely happy is because we know this fact whereas you, by the delusion of false pride and power, have thought of happiness to be outside yourself.”