Wisdom Quotes - Page 11

Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar.

(Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks.)

You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.

If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big ‘however’- most people do not ever know why their apology did not seem to have any effect. It is simply that they did not make a mistake; they made a choice…and never understood the difference between the two.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.

Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.

He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

I don't trust men everybody likes. Being nice isn't the same as being good.

Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take you eyes off your goal.

He who is more mindful of one, loses the love and the faith of both.

The light of compassion opens the petals of the heart. When the petals of the heart unfold fragrance spreads across the valley.

If everyone helps to hold up the sky, then one person does not become tired.

Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.

To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.

My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you.

One way to define wisdom is the ability to see, into the future, the consequences of your choices in the present. That ability can give you a completely different perspective on what the future might look like.

We're on the same boat but in different cabin

The unexamined life is not worth living.