🦉 Wisdom

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”

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

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

“Man is the measure of all things.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Keep your identity small.”

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

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

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

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

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