Wisdom Quotes

"Eating is another of your sacred acts."

"To understand the heart and mind of a person, begin not with his reason but with his habit."

"Offense is a mockery of your wisdom."

"Your children are not your children. They come through you but they belong to life itself."

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

"What is most important is invisible."

"One cannot cry over spilled milk."

"What is essential is invisible to the eye."

"It is with the heart that we see what matters."

"When someone seeks something, it is easy for him to find."

"The voice within is the only voice that matters."

"The path to wisdom begins with acceptance of ignorance."

"I no longer seek answers; I have become the question."

"To understand others, one must understand oneself."

"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."

"Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.'"

"You have the power to strip away many useless things that clutter your mind, and your life will expand vastly if you do so."

"Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig."

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."

"The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour."

"Live as if you were living already for the second time."

"The meaning we give to our lives is what sustains us through hardship."

"Meaning can be found through creative work, through nature, and through our attitude toward unavoidable suffering."

"Finding meaning in suffering transforms the nature of the suffering itself."

"Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness."

"When you go into a accepting frame of mind, you can accomplish a lot more."

"Mitch, I'm going to tell you something. Are you listening?"

"In the beginning, there was only one problem. In the end there is only one solution."

"I suppose there's a time to be quiet and a time to be loud."