Wisdom Quotes

"One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him."

"In the pursuit of knowledge every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao every day something is dropped."

"The more knowledge you acquire, the more distant you become from wisdom."

"The Master observes the world but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to happen and flows with them."

"When anger rises, think of the consequences."

"Multiplicity is an illusion of the senses."

"Division leads to contradiction."

"Reason must triumph over appearance."

"Paradox reveals the limits of perception."

"The mind perceives what the senses cannot."

"The senses are unreliable guides to truth."

"Appearance and reality are forever at odds."

"The senses tell us what is false."

"Reason must overcome the illusions of sense."

"Reality defies the logic of ordinary thought."

"The senses lead us astray from truth."

"The appearances deceive about the real nature of things."

"The great man is he who does not lose his child-heart."

"The noble man understands what is right; the petty man understands what is profitable."

"A man who has committed an error and does not correct it is committing another error."

"Virtue is its own reward."

"Only the benevolent can love and hate on behalf of Heaven."

"The mind of the superior man is always free from prejudice and preconception."

"The superior man sees his own faults as a shadow cast by his own form."

"To know what you know and what you do not know is the characteristic of one who knows."

"The inferior man seeks comfort; the superior man seeks truth."

"Knowledge without action is like a tree without fruit."

"The oldest, shortest words—'yes' and 'no'—are those which require the most thought."

"The gods have given humans ears to learn from one another."

"The mind's eye can see what the body's eye cannot."