Art of Wisdom

“What is pain? It's just a mask to fool yourself.”

“Only those who care can hear you in silence.”

“If you want to know your worth, get rid of your money, your home and your dignity and look inside yourself.”

“Don't look for the solution to the problem in the problem!”

“The greatest pleasure is found in the rarest pleasures.”

“A mature person is one who praises no one, resents no one, complains about no one and blames no one.”

“The most important thing is to realize who we are inside and who we are becoming.”

“Defend yourself against yourself as against an enemy who is on guard.”

“The greatness of the mind is not measured by its size, but by the quality of its judgment.”

“Don't try to be someone other than yourself.”

“How then can a throne be overthrown? Not by sword, not by fire, but by thought.”

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he knows.”

“Do you realize that in searching for what does not belong to you, you lose what belongs to you?”

“If important and detailed matters are raised in the presence of the ignorant, keep silent.”

“Happiness is on the road, not at the end of it.”

“When you are in pain, you will discover resilience.”

“Knowledge is worthless unless it makes a change in one's life.”

“Eliminate your desires and fears and you will find that there are no more people ruling you.”

“When you know who and with whom you are connected, you will know what to do.”

“Thinking good will bring good. Even a crow can bring you good luck, if you want it to.”

“Through wisdom in speech and kindness in listening, the treasures of the soul and the moral maturity of the person are revealed.”

“Our behavior is nothing but our thoughts. If we think badly, we behave badly; if we think well, we behave well.”

“Narrow-minded people blame others, average people blame themselves. The wise consider those who blame someone or something to be fools.”

“When God wants to tell you something, He will make a human being tell you.”

“Happiness is on the road, not at the end of it. The time to be happy is today, not tomorrow.”

“There is a big difference between talking worthwhile things and doing worthwhile things.”

“People who follow appearances instead of getting to the heart of things must be crazy.”

“Freedom can be achieved not by the acquisition of things desired, but by the control of desires.”

“Difficulties are the measure of human character. They show what a man is.”

“A person who has earned something cannot have any real advantage over you, because they must have paid the price for that reward.”

“Grow up! What do you care what other people think about you! Create your own virtue.”

“If we don't want to worry, who can worry us?”

“God has entrusted you to your care and protection. Yet you neglect yourself. What disloyalty, what murder.”

“First ask yourself what will happen; then do what you have to do.”

“If you want to be happy, stop worrying about things beyond your will.”

“Lucky life is like a flood. It has ups and downs, mud, mud, a rushing sound, and it is always flowing.”

“Think about who you are. You are first and foremost a human being. You have no special power except your rational choices that can govern everything else, and you are the master of yourself.”

“And who is your master? Whoever has power over the things you are trying to gain or avoid.”

“The world gives way to the man who knows where he is going.”

“He who enjoys the sun, the moon, the stars, the earth and the sea is neither alone nor helpless.”

“Why does it surprise us that we have to pay a great price for great gains?”

“The best fruit of righteousness is peace of soul.”

“Choose patient fulfillment, not hasty pleasures.”

“People suffer not because of things, but because of their thoughts about things.”

“But if, because of love, you become a slave, a wretch, it is not worth your while to be loving.”

“He who praises no one, resents no one, complains of no one and blames no one is a mature man.”

“Before you move forward, take a step back and look at it in detail, as if you were looking at a big picture.”

“The right decisions are the ones that require our loyalty. Wrong ones don't.”

“In every situation we have to do the best we can and keep a cool head about the rest. What should we do if we have to go on a sea voyage? We must choose well the ship, the captain, the crew, the season, the day and the wind.”

“There is no need to be alarmed, hostile and angry. You will get your rightful share when your time comes.”

“Realize that if you tend to seek outside approval, you jeopardize your integrity. If you need a witness, be your own witness.”

“For friendship cannot exist outside the place where sincerity, loyalty and all that is beautiful mingle.”

“If you want to change the lives of others, you must first change your own life.”

“He who runs away from challenges also runs away from potential.”

“It is not your body or your hair that makes you who you are, but your capacity to make the right decisions about them. If your decisions are beautiful, you will be beautiful.”

“It is a wise man who does not grieve for what he does not have, but rejoices in what he has.”

“Who can give to another what he does not have?”

“Whatever you occupy your mind with, you become.”

“Knowing that things will not be with you forever makes them more valuable.”

“Virtuous living is based on reason. If you protect your mind, your mind will protect you.”

“If you seek the truth, you will not seek victory by any means, and when you find the truth, you will not fear defeat!”

“Remind yourself that the person you love is mortal, that the things you love do not belong to you, that they were given to you as a gift, that they will not be yours forever. Even grapes or figs are only picked in season.”

“When an ignorant person does wrong, he blames others, a more or less educated person blames himself, and a fully educated person blames neither himself nor others.”

“If there is the art of eloquence, there is also the art of understanding and listening.”

“Choose patient fulfillment, not rushed pleasures. When you learn to distinguish between cheap thrills and meaningful, long-lasting rewards, the quality of your life and your personality will change.”

“For be sure that if your companion is unclean, no matter how clean you are, when you are close to him you will share his uncleanness.”