Quotes About Wisdom

The Present is the womb of the future. A greater future happiness can be had only by investing in the present correctly. Look after the present and the future will look after itself.

Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it's the understanding of something.

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

When you come upon a path that brings benefit and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through the stars.

Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts

O, happy the soul that saw its own faults.

That cotton trade was almost the deal breaker for me. It was at that point that I said, "Mr. Stupid, why risk everything on one trade? Why not make your life a pursuit of happiness rather than pain?

The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.

Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime.

We are what we think, and all that we are rises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak and act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance

Above all, I will keep an open heart. As I move on the right path I will recieve great happiness as a reward without asking for anything in return.

Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise, for only a fool will think that is happiness.

The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know.

Happiness can be thought, taught and caught... but not bought.

When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.

Youth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.