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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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from read more
The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.
We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.
We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
