Echoes

Silence is a source of great strength.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of the gods.

In silence and in stillness a devout soul maketh progress, and learneth the mysteries of Holy Scripture.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease.

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

I would prefer inarticulate wisdom to loquacious foolishness.

The Tao is like a bellows: it is empty yet infinitely capable. The more you use it, the more it produces; the more you talk of it, the less you understand.

In the midst of silence there was spoken within me a secret word. But to hear this word in stillness, all things must be hushed and at rest in this silence — there must be a stillness, and then we may hear it. The very best and noblest attainment in this life is to be silent and let God work and speak within.

The man of perfect virtue is cautious and slow in his speech. When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude to enable the deeper voice of our own self to be heard.

Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The primary indication, to my thinking, of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

To the quiet mind all things are possible.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.