Wisdom Quotes

"Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived. How well we have loved. How well we have learned to let go."

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."

"To reach a port we must set sail – sail, not tie at anchor; sail, not drift."

"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation."

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air."

"If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking."

"You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather."

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

"You can't cross the river merely by standing and staring at the water."

"No mud, no lotus."

"The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same thing."

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become."

"Fall seven times, stand up eight."

"If you have ever been called defiant, incorrigible, forward, cunning, insurgent, unruly, rebellious, you're on the right track."

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."

"You are not your mistakes. You are not your struggles."

"Be like Bamboo. The higher you grow, the deeper you bow."