🦉 Wisdom

“Keep your identity small.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Man is the measure of all things.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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