Quotes About Wisdom

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

Hay que ser muy simple para resultar siempre coherente.

La soberanía dimana inmediatamente del pueblo, el que sólo quiere depositarla en sus representantes […] que deben ser sujetos sabios y de probidad […]

Después de los cuarenta empezaba a desconfiar de la memoria, hasta de la mejor memoria, la de las buenas intenciones.

Les hommes les plus sains d'esprits ne sont que des fous tranquilles.

If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

You don't have to be a philosopher; you just have to want to know who you are

If, upon looking outwards towards the external expanse of the sky, There are no projections emanated by the mind, And if, on looking inwards at one's own mind, There is no projectionist who projects [thoughts] by thinking them, Then, one's own mind, completely free from conceptual projections, will become luminously clear. [This]

When you hear pleasant or unpleasant words, understand them to be an empty resounding, like an echo. When you encounter severe misfonune and misery, understand it to be a temporary occurrence, a deluded experience. Recognize that the innate nature is never apart from you.

The awakened state of mind is neither male nor female.

Don't mistake mere words to be the meaning of the teachings. Mingle the practice with your own being and attain liberation from samsara right now.

Look into the awakened mind of your own awareness! It has neither form nor color, neither center nor edge. At first, it has no origin but is empty. Next, it has no dwelling place but is empty. At the end, it has no destination but is empty. This emptiness is not made of anything and is clear and cognizant. When you see this and recognize it, you know your natural face. You understand the nature of things. (p. 101)

The guru said: If you want to genuinely practice the Dharma, do what is virtuous, even the most minute deed. Renounce what is evil, even the tiniest deed. The largest ocean is made from drops of water; even Mount Sumeru and the four continents are made of tiny atoms. (p. 30)

You are not a Dharma practitioner if you don't mingle your mind with the Dharma. (p. 115)

The Great Perfection I learned from my naturally aware mind. I have realized that all phenomena are like dreams, like magic.

Furthermore, if semen flows without any [blissful] sensation, And it is interspersed with quicksilver-like globules, the size of sesame seeds, It is said that one will die {imminently]

Yeshe Tsogyal was a woman: there may be some people who believe that only men can attain enlightenment, but her life is proof of the opposite. In actual fact, the awakened state of mind is neither male nor female.

Don't mistake mere words to be the meaning of the teachings. Mingle the practice with your own being and attain liberation from samsara right now. (p. 100)

The awakened state of enlightenment is your own awareness that is naturally awake. (p. 102)

There is no difference between buddhas and sentient beings other than their scope of mind. What is called mind, consciousness, or awareness, is of a single identity. The mind of a sentient being is limited. The mind of a buddha is all-pervasive. So develop a scope of mind that is like the sky, which has no limit to the east, west, north, or south.

When you hear pleasant or unpleasant words, understand them to be an empty resounding, like an echo. When you encounter severe misfortune and misery, understand it to be a temporary occurrence, a deluded experience. Recognize that the innate nature is never apart from you... (p. 29)

Fortunate ones, mingle your mind with the Dharma and the happiness of buddhahood will manifest within you! (p. 108)

Without a master you cannot possibly awaken to enlightenment, so follow a qualified master and accomplish whatever he commands. (p. 31)

Unless you realize that your own mind is the buddha, you will be deceived by the multitude of conceptual thoughts. So realize that your own mind is the buddha!