"wisdom"タグの名言

There’s a Chinese proverb that says “Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you & embracing those that strengthen you” Your mind is like a Ferrari (Or your favorite car) it is Awesome!...but if you put sand on the gas tank it won’t run. Don’t put sand (negativity) on your mind. Think positive, encouraging, uplifting thoughts, & the negative will soon evaporate.

And remember that within every lie, there is a truth hidden. Know the truth to defeat the lie.

Women were created gullible. It they weren't no babies would be born.

No one, from pontiffs to professors, has a monopoly on the truth. In the end, we are all just travelers--not scientists or mystics or any one brand of thinker. By nature, we are scientists and mystics, reductionists and holists, left-brained and right-brained, mixed up creatures trying to catch an occasional glimpse of the truth. The best we can do is to be tolerant of both sides of our nature--knowing that these reflect the twin aspect of the universe--and learn from whatever wisdom is offered.

We're very familiar with the idea that some things are so complex they're beyond our comprehension. This not only keeps us solving and experimenting but also distracted. Many things are really so simple we can't see them under our big noses.

Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who Love you.

One's rebuke engraves itself upon the mind more than one's praise.

Our power lies in our small daily choices, one after another, to create eternal ripples of a life well lived.

Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art—a euphemism—tamed wilderness.

Its not how strong you are, its how firm your footing is.

As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.

It is by now proverbial that every proverb has its opposite. For every Time is money there is a Stop and smell the roses. When someone says You never stand in the same river twice someone else has already replied There is nothing new under the sun. In the mind's arithmetic, 1 plus -1 equals 2. Truths are not quantities but scripts: Become for a moment the mind in which this is true.

We should've been different breeds. There can only be one lion in a small cage. It's not important if the other lion is sleeping or crouching in the corner. The only important thing is that...it's a lion.

We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.

In my experience, it is always worth it to find the love that lives inside you. No matter how deep you have to dig sometimes.

Ego is like cyanide. Instantly kills dialogue. Always needs to be kept satisfied.

Your mind can be your enemy or friend. If you always follow your heart, your mind will feel neglected. If you follow only your mind, your heart will never forgive you. Never ignore your conscience, yet always be conscious of reason. Make your heart and mind friends and you will have peace of mind throughout life's seasons.

Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most must mourn the deepest o’er the fatal truth, the Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.

You have to understand yourself before you can understand anything else.

Be honest. This applies to every area of your life. Sketchiness is not an attractive trait. No more trying to cover up your baggage, sweeping things under the rug, withholding truth, blatant lying, or even telling seemingly ‘harmless’ white lies or half-truths – release the need to lie completely! Start NOW.