🦉 Wisdom

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

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

“Keep your identity small.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Man is the measure of all things.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”

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

“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”

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

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

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

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

“Fortune favors the brave.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”

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