Quotes about Wisdom

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

He who knows others is learned; He who knows himself is wise.

I have three treasures. Guard and keep them:The first is deep love,The second is frugality,And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.Because of deep love, one is courageous.Because of frugality, one is generous.Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

When armies are mobilized and issues joined,The man who is sorry over the fact will win.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

The best man is like water. Water is good it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao.

The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.

There is no need to run outside for better seeing... Rather abide at the center of your being For the more you leave it the less you learn. Search your heart and see... The way to do is to be.

Thus it is said: The path into the light seems dark, the path forward seems to go back, the direct path seems long, true power seems weak, true purity seems tarnished, true steadfastness seems changeable, true clarity seems obscure, the greatest are seems unsophisticated, the greatest love seems indifferent, the greatest wisdom seems childish. The Tao is nowhere to be found. Yet it nourishes and completes all things.