Category: Wisdom quotes

My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV

The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about

Fear cuts deeper than swords

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion

A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches

If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot

Experience life in all possible ways

Be — don’t try to become

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart

Angry people are not always wise

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star