Quotes on Wise Words

See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.

As Freud has shown, blunders are not the merest chance. They are the result of suppressed desires and conflicts. They are ripples on the surface of life, produced by unsuspected springs. And these may be very deep - as deep as the soul itself. The blunder may amount to the opening of a destiny.

We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.

The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.

Compassionate action starts with seeing yourself when you start to make yourself right and when you start to make yourself wrong. At that point you could just contemplate the fact that there is a larger alternative to either of those, a more tender, shaky kind of place where you could live.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.

If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no poor.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength

Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.

True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change, even if they behave negatively. Through universal altruism, you develop a feeling of responsibility for others: the wish to help them actively overcome their problems.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.