Wisdom Quotes

"Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think."

"Wisdom is not found in books alone. It is found in the heart that listens."

"Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts."

"He is not wise who thinks himself wise, but he who knows he knows not is wise."

"Whoever sees conditioned things as impermanent gains disenchantment with them. This is the path to purity."

"The mind is the source of all phenomena. Therefore, guard it well."

"The wise understand the middle path, avoiding extremes of indulgence and deprivation."

"In the garden of wisdom, the flowers of compassion grow wild."

"Just as rain breaks through a badly thatched house, craving breaks through an untended mind."

"You can't control everything around you, only your effort and attitude"

"Maturity is understanding your responsibilities"

"Understanding people is just as important as understanding the game"

"Mistakes are just learning opportunities in disguise"

"The three most important words in investing are 'margin of safety'."

"Price is what you pay; value is what you get."

"I make my best investment decisions when I'm bored."

"Common sense is not common."

"An investor needs to do very few things right in his lifetime as long as he avoids big mistakes."

"What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end."

"The market is a pendulum that forever swings between unsustainable optimism and unjustifiable pessimism."

"Temperament is more important than intellect in investing."

"The best purchases are the ones where people don't realize the value of what they're getting."

"Turn on CNBC and you'll see people arguing about which way the market's going to go. Those are not the people who are going to get rich."

"The three C's of investing are character, capacity, and capital."

"The person who is talented and has a poor temperament is worse than the average person with an even temperament."

"Do not let inflation or taxes change your long-term thinking."

"In investing, it's not about how much you know, but how honestly you assess what you don't know."

"Size is the enemy of performance."

"I think the worst mistake is not learning from the mistakes of others."

"Perfect is not just about control. It's also about letting go."