I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
First appearance deceives many.
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don’t use that ability as best we can.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Leave no stone unturned.
Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you’ll be left without bread and without views.
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
The doors of wisdom are never shut.
Look twice before you leap.
Appearances are often deceiving.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
No one wants advice – only corroboration.
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain’t lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
