wisdom

"The one who would be constant in happiness must frequently change."

"Time is a game played beautifully by children."

"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."

"I believe the way to master my destiny is to serve others. If I raise up others, am I not also raised up?"

"The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen."

"Life moves very fast. It rushes from Heaven to Hell in a matter of seconds."

"Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid."

"It takes a very long time to become young."

"All pain is the same."

"A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?"Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason."

"For this is Wisdom; to love, to liveTo take what fate, or the Gods may give.To ask no question, to make no prayer,To kiss the lips and caress the hair,Speed passion's ebb as you greet its flowTo have, -to hold -and -in time, -let go!"

"We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society."

"Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise"

"The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it or to escape what is bad in it but we will escape it only by adding something better to it."

"There's no greater show on earth than observing human nature"

"Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end."

"Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children."

"Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment."

"Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling."

"In life, the hardest decisions often have to be made more than once. But each time, it gets easier."