Wisdom Quotes

"By letting it go it all gets done."

"The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within."

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

"Seek and you will not find. Empty yourself and you will be filled."

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion."

"The sage submits to necessity but does not struggle against it."

"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to attack because you are a vegetarian."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."

"Being imperfect is what makes us human; striving to improve ourselves is what makes us wise."

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change your mind."

"Understanding yourself is the first step to understanding others."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"Do you wish people to speak well of you? Then do not speak well of yourself."

"The more we know, the less we understand."

"The mind of the wise is like a mirror."

"Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary."

"Probability is the very guide of life."

"The more a man knows, the less he speaks."

"A person is wise if he listens to lots of advice and forgets all of it."

"Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with the contrariness of life."

"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in our thoughts."

"Sometimes the answer is not in the question."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time."

"Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art."

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

"Bad advice is free, which is exactly what it's worth."

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

"Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know."