🦉 Wisdom

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.”

“Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.”

“The small man builds cages for everyone he knows, while the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, keeps dropping keys all night long for the beautiful rowdy prisoners.”

“All the natural movements of the soul are controlled by laws analogous to those of physical gravity.”

“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”

“Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing.”

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”

“Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.”

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.”

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”

“Peace is not an absence of war. It is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”

“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”

“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”

“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.”

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.”

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”

“The life given us by nature is short, but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.”

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”

“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.”

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first by reflection, which is noblest; second by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”

“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.”

“Keep your identity small.”

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.”

“Understanding is the other name of love. If you do not understand, you cannot love.”

“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”

“Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.”

“There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.”

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”

“Fortune favors the brave.”

“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”

“All of mans miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.”

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”

“The most meaningful way to succeed is to help other people succeed.”

“Man is the measure of all things.”

“The only thing that stands between you and your well-being is a simple fact: you have allowed your thoughts and emotions to take instruction from the outside rather than the inside.”