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🦉 Wisdom
“He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.”
Laozi ranks self-mastery above mastery of others.
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
— Laozi
“The wise are not learned; the learned are not wise.”
“The words of truth are always paradoxical.”
“Knowing ignorance is strength. Ignoring knowledge is sickness.”
“The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root. Returning to the root is stillness.”
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.”
— Plato
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Things do not change; we change.”
— Thoreau
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
“Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.”
— Dalai Lama
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
— Nelson Mandela
“Happiness is not something that someone can give us or something we find outside of ourselves. It emerges from within.”
— Pema Chodron
“Happiness is an inner job. You do not need anyone or anything to make you happy.”
— Sharon Salzberg
