Dhammapada · 20.11

Vanaṃ chindatha mā rukkhaṃ, vanato jāyate bhayaṃ;Chetvā vanañca vanathañca, nibbanā hotha bhikkhavo.

Vanam chindatha ma rukkham, vanato jayate bhayam; Chetva vananca vanathanca, nibbana hotha bhikkhavo.

Cut down the forest of desires, not just the tree. From the forest, fear is born. Having cut down both the forest and the underbrush, be free from forests, O monks.

— Dhammapada 20.11

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.