wisdom-quote

Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.

If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.

Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.

You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.

An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.

What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.

At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.

Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.

One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.

Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.

A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.

Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.

A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.

Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.

Time is your acquaintance, life is your friend, death is your enemy, and existence is your soulmate.

A flower does not diminish in beauty, no matter how many weeds envy it.

Don__ judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.