Quotes on “wisdom”

I ask not for any crownBut that which all may win;Nor try to conquer any worldExcept the one within.

I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.

There are some experiences in life they haven't invented the right words for.

Peace is not happenstance. It is a living fire that must be fed constantly. It must be tended with vigilance, else it dies out.

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.

You're thinking about something, and it makes you forget to talk.

Realize that everything connects to everything else.

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

At the end of the day, the questions we ask of ourselves determine the type of people that we will become.

The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now.

The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be.

There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.

Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.

If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.