Quotes About Wisdom

To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.

To conquer others is to have power. To conquer yourself is to know the way.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.

To see things in the seed, that is genius

Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the nature of everything. Without going beyond his own nature, one can achieve ultimate wisdom. Therefore, the intelligent man knows all he needs to know without going away, And sees all he needs to see without looking elsewhere, And does all he needs to do wihout undue exertion

He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.

Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

He who knows others is wise;He who know himself is enlightened.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.

The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.There is no greater guilt than discontentment.And there is not greater disaster than greed.

A violent wind does not last for a whole morning...

He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent...

He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm...

Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao...

The skillful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels...

The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout...

There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war.

I don't know that I have any role models now that are fixed. Definitely my mom - she's the coolest. She's worked really hard her whole life and I just think she's got a great attitude. Moms just know so much it's so silly.

There's an old Cheyenne saying about how, when a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.

Because only a fool believes everything they read or are told.