Quotes About Wisdom

To prove mastery requires significant scholarly knowledge; otherwise, it mirrors the tomfoolery.

Tone, attitude, and character prove the greatness, maturity, and insight, not the gray hair, age, or appearance.

Travel upon the time, never let the time, for travel upon you.

Unawareness may cause misfortune, for the time being; however, ignorance certainly executes lifelong damage, to all dimensions of career and future.

Voting the wrong ones to rule and expecting the incredible and fertile outcome, shows idiocy and wrong choice.

What is the right way today; it may be wrong tomorrow; thus, avail and enjoy the right way of today than waiting, for tomorrow.

Whatever I learn from the world, I return that back, as experience and knowledge; thus, I owe nothing.

You learn from a mentor; it is worldly knowledge; I attain that from spirituality; it is universal knowledge.

You still stay travelling today; however, the superior ones completed it already yesterday; thus, reading them and learning from their experiences and insight that constitutes reliability and authenticity.

A wise man who cultivates wisdom may sometimes drown in it.

Take a good look at the times. It is inevitable that greedy men, who close their eyes and obstruct the tide of the times with their selfishness, will be burned up together with the fallen leaves.

kalau agama itu ajaran sehat, kita tak akan membutuhkan nabi-nabi untuk menyampaikannya kepada kita. -Takuan

Everything in the world is good. But if you're not careful, even good things can turn against you.

When Takuan had sentenced him to confinement, he had said, "You may read as much as you want. A famous priest of ancient times once said, 'I become immersed in the sacred scriptures and read thousands of volumes. When I come away, I find that my heart sees more than before.

Menurut satu aliran pemikiran, jika seseorang menguasai satu keterampilan, dia telah menguasai seluruh ilmu. Ilmu bela diri bukan jurus-jurus belaka-- ilmu bela diri menyangkut kematangan jiwa. Jika seseorang mengolah jiwanya dengan sungguh-sungguh, orang itu mampu menguasai segala sesuatu, termasuk seni belajar dan pemerintahan. Dia memandang dunia apa adanya, dan sanggup menilai orang.

Kalau orang tanpa kecerdasan memadai mencoba mengandalkan kecerdikannya, berarti dia bermain api.

En vez de querer ser esto o aquello, conviértete en un gigante silencioso e inamovible. así es la montaña. No pierdas el tiempo tratando de impresionar a la gente. Si te conviertes en la clase de hombre a quien la gente puede respetar, te respetarán sin que hagas nada.

O, sungguh gila aku, kalau aku mencoba menangkap kamu dengan kekuatan. Tubuhmu terlalu kuat. Manusia tak punya banyak kesempatan menang bergulat dengan macan. Tapi untunglah ia lebih pandai. Tidak banyak orang yang membantah kenyataan bahwa macan lebih rendah dari manusia.

the human mouth is the gateway to catastrophe.

What if the bird will not sing? Nobunaga answers, "Kill it!" Hideyoshi answers, "Make it want to sing." Ieyasu answers, "Wait." This book, Taiko, is the story of the man who made the bird want to sing.

I laugh at my ten-year pilgrimage— Wilted robe, tattered hat, knocking at Zen gates. In reality, the Buddha's Law is simple: Eat your rice, drink your tea, wear your clothes.

Insight is better than eyesight when it comes to seeing an angel.

A woman growing stronger with age, rather than weaker. A woman who now had more than the faded remnants of youthful prettiness. A woman with a good head, who was finally learning how to use it.

Still waters run deep.