Art of Wisdom

“No matter how good we are, we are bad in someone's story.”

“To the calm mind the whole universe surrenders.”

“Great people go away saying goodbye, little people go away betrayed.”

“At the center of existence is knowing who you are and what you want.”

“Think before you speak; is it necessary? Does it contain compassion? Can it hurt anyone? Is it valuable enough to break the silence?”

“Remember, muddy water is purified by the way it travels through nature. Man matures by what his life throws his way.”

“Add something every day to attain knowledge. To attain wisdom, get rid of something every day.”

“A wise man does not compete, so no one can win against him.”

“If you worry about what other people think of you, you will always be their slave.”

“To be loved wholeheartedly by someone gives strength; to love someone wholeheartedly gives courage.”

“If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. If you feel nothing, you are not living.”

“God gives you the people you need, not the people you want. People who will help you, who will hurt you, who will hurt you, who will leave you, who will love you and who will help you become the person you are meant to be.”

“Understand others and you are wise. Understand yourself and you are enlightened. Overcome others and you have power. Overcome yourself and you are the power. If you know how to be satisfied, you are rich. If you can move with vitality, you have a will. The answer you seek is at the center of your being. You know who you are and what you want. Because you believe in yourself. When one is satisfied with oneself, one does not try to convince others. When one accepts oneself, one does not need the approval of others. The whole world accepts him. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength and loving someone deeply gives you courage. When you realize that there is nothing missing, the whole world belongs to you. Not to be owned, but to be supported; not to claim, but to let be. Because surrendering, letting go, is what makes it stay.”

“Let not love or dislike rule you, let not profit or loss rule you, let not praise or blame rule you, so that you may be worthy and live with dignity under the heavens.”

“To attain knowledge, add something every day. To attain wisdom, get rid of something every day.”

“He who knows others is wise, he who knows himself is wise.”

“Do hard things when they are easy and big things when they are small.”

“If you organize your thoughts, everything else in your life will fall into place.”

“The best fighter is the one who never gets angry.”

“Fill your purse to the brim, it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will dull.”

“To know others is wisdom; to know yourself is wisdom. To rule others is strength; to rule oneself is will.”

“Those who care what others think are their prisoners.”

“You are controlled by the one who angers you.”

“He who knows and pretends to know is at the top. He who pretends to be interested without knowing is sick.”

“To want too much is to lose. Too much waiting leads to running out of time. Let nature take its course, everything comes in its own time.”

“Because one believes in oneself, one does not try to convince others. Because he accepts himself, the whole world accepts him.”