Wisdom Quotes

"The only approval you need is your own."

"Don't tell me about problems unless you come with solutions."

"If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime."

"You can never be too rich, too blonde, or too thin."

"You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself."

"You cannot cry into a cup of coffee and expect it to be enjoyable."

"I wish I could tell you it gets better. It doesn't get better. You get better."

"The thing is, I'm interested in what people think."

"You can't fix stupid."

"I've learned so much from my mistakes that I'm thinking of making some more."

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."

"What we think, we become."

"Just as the solid rock is not shaken by the wind, the wise are not shaken by blame or praise."

"If the problem can be solved, then there is no use worrying about it. If it cannot be solved, then there is no use worrying about it."

"The gift of Dhamma surpasses all gifts."

"The mind is the source of all misery and the source of all happiness."

"The mind is like water. When turbulent, it's hard to see. When calm, the answer becomes clear."

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."

"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is patient, free from hatred and fear, then he is in truth called wise."

"He who hoards up treasures that rust and decay is a fool. He who gathers spiritual wealth is a wise man."

"The mind is everything; what you think you become."

"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances as water adapts itself to the pitcher."

"The fool's life is worse than death, but the wise man's life is better than a thousand lifetimes."

"You cannot travel the path until you have become the path yourself."

"There's a time when you have to explain to your understanding why you're allowing certain things to happen to you."

"The biggest thing I've learned is to not take it so seriously."

"I don't hurt myself for laughs. That would be stupid."

"I'm nobody's fool. I know what I'm doing."

"I've traveled the world and I've seen the best and worst of humanity."

"Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons we didn't think we needed to know."