Quotes About Wisdom

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Anyone is to be pitied who has just sense enough to perceive his deficiencies.

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

Try to live the life of the good man who is more than content with what is allocated to him.

if you understand something, you don't forgive it, you are the thing itself: forgiveness is for what you don't understand.

Do you prefer that you be right or happy?

A wise man once said: Forgive and forget its a better choice in life.

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors.

Let me embrace thee sour adversity for wise men say it is the wisest course.

Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.

Judge not that ye be not judged.

If thou covetest riches ask not but for contentment which is an immense treasure.

Sometimes the best deals are the ones you don't make.

Be content with what thou hast received and smooth thy frowning forehead.

It made me gladsome to be getting some education it being like a big window opening.

In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.

Be satisfied and pleased with what thou art Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part Enjoy the present hour be thankful for the past And neither fear nor wish the approaches of the last.

As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.

There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth.

To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.

If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.

The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection.