If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration that you keep alive throughout the day. Then what you say, what you think, and what you do will then be in the light of that wisdom and you will avoid making mistakes and creating suffering.
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A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke read more
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
