Quotes About Wisdom

pain is a powerful teacher. To transcend pain, I had to first experience it. I wouldn't be where I am today without it," he said stoically.

Read more, learn more, laugh more and love more.

We only hear what we're ready to hear," observed the homeless man sagely. "All learning meets us exactly where we're at. And as we grow greater, we understand better.

It's not what you will get out of the books that is so enriching — it is what the books will get out of you that will ultimately change your life.

cuando la mayoría de la gente se da cuenta de lo que realmente quiere y de cómo obtenerlo, suele ser demasiado tarde. Los jóvenes no saben, los viejos no pueden.

No hay errores en la vida, sólo lecciones. No existe una experiencia negativa, sino sólo oportunidades que hay que aprovechar para avanzar

Anyone can become angry—that's easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way—that is not easy," taught Aristotle.

We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed

Every answer to every problem you have ever faced is in print. If you want to be a better lawyer, father, friend or lover, there are books out there that will rocket you to those goals. All the mistakes you will ever make in your life have already been made by those that have walked before you. Do you really think that the challenges you are facing are unique to you?

And never regret what has happened in the past?

The interesting thing about reflecting on your death is that it reawakens you to what's truest about life

you stop judging events as either positive or negative. Rather, simply experience them, celebrate them and learn from them.

Potom moraš uvidjeti da je život zapravo škola i da je svako tvoje iskustvo prelijepo.

host of psychic rewards. Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is.

Todo suceso tiene un porqué y toda adversidad nos enseña una lección.

Vuestra percepción no es la realidad. Sencillamente, no lo es. Es solo vuestra idea actual de la realidad: haced el favor de recordarlo. Es simplemente la lente a través de la cual contempláis la realidad en un determinado momento de vuestra búsqueda de la excelencia.

Do not live as if you have ten thousand years left. Your fate hangs over you. While you are still living, while you still exist on this Earth, strive to become a genuinely great person." —Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor

It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so

Todos seguimos por nuestro camino en la vida, ¿sabes? Estamos exactamente donde debemos estar para recibir las lecciones que debemos aprender.

We're all exactly where we need to be to receive the growth lessons we're meant to learn.

Anyone can become angry — that's easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not easy

tu pasado. Acéptalo como el maestro que es.

However, just like this cup, you seem to be full of your own ideas. And how can any more go in . . . until you first empty your cup?

one of the best gifts my parents gave me was a love of learning, especially through books