wisdom
“All that I have written seems like straw compared to what has now been revealed to me.”
“Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior.”
“Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.”
“Nature does nothing uselessly.”
“Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.”
“Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.”
“Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks, not in what they say, just in what they are.”
“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”
“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”
“There is more than one kind of wisdom, and all are essential in the world.”
“Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.”
“Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer.”
“We can make our minds so like still water that beings may see their own images.”
“The sage accumulates good deeds and the people turn toward him as rivers flow to the sea.”
“The gentleman knows that whatever is imperfect should be desired, whatever is perfect should be observed.”
“Those who offer [wisdom] to all comers for money are known as sophists, prostitutors of wisdom.”
“The most delightful of all music, that of your own praises.”
“Prejudice is a great time saver. It enables you to form opinions without having to get the facts.”
“No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity.”
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”