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Wisdom Quotes

"Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation."

"Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal."

"Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words."

"Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame."

"Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves."

"An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast. A wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind."

"Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good."

"She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair."

"Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things."

"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart."

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."

"Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well-spoken words: this is good luck."

"Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom."

"Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame."

"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."

"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life. Foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."

"Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up."

"There is no fire like passion. There is no shark like hatred. There is no snare like folly. There is no torrent like greed."

"It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one’s own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one’s own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice."

"Nothing is forever except change."

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