#wisdom

Nothing, Everything, Anything, Something: If you have nothing, then you have everything, because you have the freedom to do anything, without the fear of losing something. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#everything #fear #freedom #nothing #philosophy

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#intelligence

He who stands for nothing will fall for anything. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#conviction #ignorance #intelligence #stand #strength

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#learning #wisdom #intelligence

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#life #wisdom #life

We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#life

There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#wisdom #wisdom

Think before you speak. Read before you think. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#books #reader #reading #speaking #thinking

It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it. ↗

— Maurice Switzer

#remaining-silent #wisdom #wisdom

We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#forget #forgetting #literature #literature-quotes #old-stories