Wisdom Quotes

"Great understanding is broad and unhurried; hurried and narrow understanding is not great."

"The wise do not give the right answer, they destroy the question."

"Embrace simplicity. Put others first. Desire little."

"The journey toward enlightenment requires the surrender of all you know."

"Counsel should be weighed, not counted."

"To the wise man every day is a new life."

"Riches serve a wise man but rule a fool."

"Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life."

"The measure of wisdom is to observe moderation."

"When nothing is done, nothing remains undone."

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom."

"The Master observes the world but trusts his inner vision."

"The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness."

"The Master has no possessions, therefore loses nothing."

"The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror."

"Stop thinking, and end your problems."

"By letting it go, it all gets done."

"Yield and overcome; bend and be straight; empty and be full; wear out and be new."

"At the center of your being you have the answer."

"Keep your tongue within your teeth."

"The greater the understanding, the less words are needed."

"Not knowing when to stop is to invite trouble."

"The mind is not disturbed by things, but by the views we take of them."

"It is not things themselves that disturb us, but our judgments about them."

"Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to your ability to choose."

"If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself; if it be false, laugh it off."

"Uncertainty is the natural state of the wise; certainty is the refuge of fools."

"The first sign of progress is acceptance of what is."

"The fool blames others for his misfortune; the wise person examines their own judgments."

"What injures the mind impairs the mind; what builds the mind strengthens the mind."