#wisdom

“Dreaming of drinking wine will not quench your thirst.”

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

“There is a saying in Tibetan that at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar. The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue but that happiness does not come from wealth but from setting limits on desire.”

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”

“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”

“He who has gone so far as to cut the claws of the lion will not feel quite secure until he has also drawn his teeth.”

“The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.”

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”

“Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.”

“He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.”

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”

“To know what you know, and to know what you do not know, that is true knowledge.”

“The strictest justice is sometimes the greatest injustice.”

“Patience protects character.”

“Wisdom tells me I am nothing love tells me I am everything between the two my life flows”

“To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.”

“A stumble may prevent a fall.”

“Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.”

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common and find wonder everywhere”

“Knowledge and wisdom are different.”

“To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.”

“He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.”

“We do not need more knowledge we need more wisdom and wisdom comes from our own experience”

“In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.”

“The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.”

“The Way that can be told is not the eternal Way. The name that can be named is not the eternal name.”

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”

“An inch of time is an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.”

“Temperance builds success.”

“Discipline protects success.”

“Only the educated are free.”

“Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated”

“Know thyself.”

“A man is what he thinks about all day long.”

“Let go or be dragged”

“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.”

“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts. Peace requires humility.”

“The remedy is worse than the disease.”

“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.”

“Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.”

“The person who has not learned to be alone is a person who does not know themselves.”

“Purpose protects success.”

“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”

“I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad.”

“If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.”

“The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap.”

“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”