“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
Lao Tzu · Tao Te Ching
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Wisdom Quotes
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649 quotes on wisdom and truth — from the classics to the everyday.
“Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
Matthew 6:34 · The Bible, English Standard Version
“The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.”
Thich Nhat Hanh · The Miracle of Mindfulness, 1975
“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1 · The Bible, King James Version
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”
Ovid · Ars Amatoria, Book II
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Letter to his daughter, 1865
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
John Lubbock · The Use of Life, 1894
“It is not that I'm so brave, but that those who yield to grief accomplish nothing.”
Seneca · Letters to Lucilius
“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book XII
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book X
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.”
African Proverb
“A person is a person through other persons.”
Nguni Bantu Proverb · Ubuntu philosophy
“The one who tells the stories rules the world.”
Hopi Proverb
“A tree is straightened while it is young.”
African Proverb
“An elder who falls asleep at a meeting wakes up to bad decisions.”
Yoruba Proverb
“Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.”
Guinean Proverb
