Wisdom
Wisdom has been a cornerstone of human growth throughout history, with insights shared by philosophers, sages, and enlightened individuals.
Whether you're seeking to deepen your understanding of life, cultivate inner peace, or gain clarity in decision-making, these words of wisdom can provide inspiration and guidance.
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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Zhuangzi
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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Zhuangzi
The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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Zhuangzi
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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Zhuangzi
Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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Augustine of Hippo
In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Augustine of Hippo
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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Augustine of Hippo
All Quotes on Wisdom
One who speaks deferentially but increases his preparations will advance. One who speaks belligerently and advances hastily will retreat.
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Sun Tzu
Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
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Zhuangzi
Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Zhuangzi
When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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Zhuangzi
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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Zhuangzi
The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
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Zhuangzi
The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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Zhuangzi
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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Zhuangzi
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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Zhuangzi
Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
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Zhuangzi
Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
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Zhuangzi
Growing older, I love only quietness: who need be concerned with the things of this world? Looking back, what better plan than this: returning to the grove.
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Li Bai
The birds have vanished into the sky, and now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains.
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Li Bai
My heart is in a world of water and crystal, My clothes are damp in this time of spring rains.
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Du Fu
A falcon hovers at the edge of the sky. Two gulls drift slowly up the river.Vulnerable while they ride the wind, they coast and glide with ease.Dew is heavy on the grass below, the spider's web is ready.Heaven's ways include the human:among a thousand sorrows, I stand alone.
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Du Fu