Wisdom

• Open your mouth only if what you’re going to say is more beautiful than silence.
• An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
• A single mistake ensures a double misfortune.
• The wise with a wink, the fool with a kick.
• Believe what you see and lay aside what you hear.
• Ask the experienced rather than the learned.
• With a sweet tongue and some kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair.
• Winds blow counter to what ships desire.
• If you’re an anvil, be patient; if you’re a hammer, strike hard.
• Whoever seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.
• Sunshine all the time makes a desert.
• Stay away from evil, and instead sit and watch it.
• The necessary connection of movement and time is real, and time is something the soul constructs in movement.
• Keep a green tree in your heart, and perhaps a singing bird will come.
• Defeating pride makes you good. Overcoming anger makes you cheerful. Overcoming passion makes you successful. Overcoming greed makes you happy.
• No one is fit to command another who cannot command himself.
• If you’re afraid — don’t do it; if you’re doing it — don’t be afraid!
• Victory shows what you’re capable of; defeat shows what you’re really worth.
• Don’t open a door that you won’t be able to close.
• Men who do not forgive women for their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.
• If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
• If you can’t get it all, don’t leave a little.