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Hundreds of years ago, Thayumanivar , one of India's great Tamil saints, said:

It is easy to tame the rogue elephant.

It is easy to tie the mouth of a bear.

It is easy to mount the back of a lion.

It is easy to charm poisonous snakes.

It is easy to conquer the celestial and the non-celestial realms.

It is easy to trek the worlds invisible.

It is easy to command the angelic heavens.

It is easy to retain youth eternally.

It is easy to enter the body of others.

It is easy to walk on water and sit in burning fire.

It is easy to attain all the siddhis (yoga powers).

But to remain still is very, very difficult indeed.

This version by Swami Bua in Hinduism Today