“Wisdom is the understanding of celestial things to which the Spirit is brought by Love.”
Wisdom Quotes · Page 74
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“It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations.”
“The provinces are provinces; they are only ridiculous when they mimic Paris.”
“Loneliness is emptiness; and moral nature has as much horror of it as physical nature.”
“The heroes, the wise men, like the new moon have their waxing and waning.”
“Ever the river has risen and brought us the flood, the mayfly floating on the water.”
“Let your clothes be clean, let your head be washed, may you bathe in water!”
“More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.”
“Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest.”
“If you do not look at things on a large scale it will be difficult for you to master strategy.”
“Just as a horse must have endurance and no defects, so it is with weapons.”
“Language does not extend to explaining the Way in detail, but it can be grasped intuitively.”
“The spirit of fire is fierce, whether the fire be small or big; and so it is with battles.”
“Houses, bodies, and enemies collapse when their rhythm becomes deranged.”
“The Way of battles is the same for man to man fights and for ten thousand a side battles.”
“It is difficult to know yourself if you do not know others.”
“By knowing things that exist, you can know that which does not exist. That is the void.”