Wisdom Quotes

"We put our work before our lives. We let the culture tell us what we should do."

"Money is not a substitute for tenderness."

"You can't control the world. You can only control your reaction to it."

"It's a secret known only to the very few"

"Listen to your heart. It knows all things"

"The language of the world is silence"

"Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life"

"The Soul of the World speaks in many languages"

"A man's mistakes are his own wisdom"

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

"One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes."

"Vanity is always so hard to handle, especially for those who are powerful."

"The earth is not just a planet. It is a world of secrets."

"And now here is my secret. It is very simple: One sees clearly only with the heart."

"One must require from each what each can perform."

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

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response"

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

"By the mere experience of our thoughts and feelings we find meaning beyond the ordinary"

"Life meaning can be discovered through creative work, through experiencing beauty, or through the attitude taken toward unavoidable suffering"

"The meaning of life is found not in its length but in its depth"

"We cannot always control our circumstances, but we can always control our response to them"

"Life's meaning is continuous, even when circumstances change dramatically"

"Know yourself and know your enemy; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated."

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."

"To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill."

"The supreme warrior avoids the battle."

"He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight."

"Ponder and deliberate before you make a move."

"To know your enemy, you must become your enemy."