Short Quotes · Page 15
Big wisdom in few words—the best short quotes pack a lifetime of insight into a single sentence. Perfect for captions, cards, or a moment of daily reflection.
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“All becoming and growing—all that guarantees a future—involves pain.”
“The man of perfect virtue is cautious and slow in his speech.”
“When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers.”
“Recompense hatred with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.”
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.”
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”
“The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.”
“The opposite of an idealist is too often a man without love.”
“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.”
“Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them.”
“Great feelings take with them their own universe, splendid or abject.”
“A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.”