wisdom
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is to let it rain.”
“The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.”
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”
“Aim at Heaven and you will get earth “thrown in”; aim at earth and you will get neither.”
“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”
“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
“In a mad world, only the mad are sane.”
“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”
“Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.”
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen.”
“He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.”
“To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.”
“Language most shows a man; speak, that I may see thee.”
“Never cut what you can untie.”