“Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.”
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Wise Quotes — page 18 of 916
“The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich”
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
“Do not be the judge of people; do not make assumptions about others. A person is destroyed by holding judgments about others.”
“You can't have people listen to you unless you come to their world and then bring them to yours.”
“Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.”
“It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes. [Fr., Il est tres simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.]”
“Every man is to be respected as an absolute end in himself; and it is a crime against the dignity that belongs to him as a human being, to use him as a mere means for some external purpose.”
“The critical question is not "How can I achieve?" but "What can I contribute?"”
“It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.”
“Acting, in general, is something most people think they're incapable of, but they do it from morning to night. The subtlest acting I've ever seen is by ordinary people trying to show they feel something they don't, or trying to hide something. It's something everyone learns at an early age.”
“Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing.”
“A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he can govern himself; and he cannot govern himself unless his passions are subject to reason”
“We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.”
“You can't be old and wise, if you were never young and crazy.”
“The day is not far distant when the man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer during life, will pass away unwept, unhonored, and unsung, no matter to what uses he leave the dross which he cannot take with him. Of such as these the public verdict will then be: The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced. Such, in my opinion, is the true gospel concerning wealth, obedience to which is destined some day to solve the problem of the rich and the poor.”
“True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.”
“Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.”
“People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man.”
“Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”