Ancient Wisdom Quotes

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  What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

  Pericles

  Life, Education, Appreciation

  "Flicker to Flame: Living with Purpose, Meaning, and Happiness". Book by Jeffrey Thompson Parker, October 2006.

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  Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

  Socrates

  Wise, Wisdom, Philosophy

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• When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

  Laozi

  Relationship, Respect, Being Yourself

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• Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom.

  Gautama Buddha

  Hatred, Trying, Overcoming

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• Ancient wisdom offers . . . a simple yet profound formula to guide everyone who leads, anyone who aspires to leadership: 'Do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.'

  Wayne D. Dosick

  Leadership, Simple, Profound

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• When anger rises, think of the consequences.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Yoga

  "The Sacred Edict: Containing Sixteen Maxims of the Emperor Kang-He". Book by Yu-p'u Wang (p. 298), 1817.

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• Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

  Aristotle

  Love, Life, Positive

  Attributed to Aristotle in Diogenes Laertius "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers" translated by C. D. Yonge and Henry G. Bohn (p. 188), 1853.

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• He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

  Laozi

  Being Strong, Perseverance, Stay Strong

  Laozi (1959). “Tao Tê Ching: A New Translation”

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• To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of the most powerful "magic skills" that human beings are capable of. It has been noted by almost every ancient wisdom tradition

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Faith, Powerful, Father Son

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• [All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that good work is our salvation and our joy; that shoddy or dishonest or self-serving work is our curse and our doom. We have tried to escape the sweat and sorrow promised in Genesis - only to find that, in order to do so, we must forswear love and excellence, health and joy. (pg. 44, "The Unsettling of America")

  Wendell Berry

  Order, Sweat, America

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• There's a bit of ancient wisdom that appeals to us: it's a saying that a fight starts only with the second blow.

  Hugh Allen

  Wisdom, Revenge, Fighting

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• Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

  Confucius

  Friendship, True Love, True Friend

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• As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. I wish you all very good lives.

  J. K. Rowling

  Life, Positive, What Matters

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• ...I believe, with Gandhi, that we need to take an imaginative leap forward toward fresh and generous idealism for the sake of all humanity - that we neeed to renew this ancient wisdom of nonviolence, to strive for a disarmed world, and to create a culture of nonviolence.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Wisdom, Believe, Humanity

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• Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advocated a different timeless strategy to overcome hatred. This eternal wisdom is to meet hatred with non-hatred. The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom.

  Gautama Buddha

  Warrior, Giving, Hatred

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• Ancient wisdom: deal in personal trust; your word is your bond; avoid extremes; treat the money you invest for others as something sacred; don't take any more perks than you would wish others to take; don't borrow what you couldn't suddenly pay back; imagine the worse case financial scenario and expect it very may well happen; the wealthier you become the more humble you should act.

  Victor Davis Hanson

  Humble, Wish, May

  "Ten Random, Politically Incorrect Thoughts". pjmedia.com. November 21, 2008.

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• Modern physics is describing what the ancient wisdom keepers of the Americas have long known. These shamans, known as 'the Earthkeepers,' say that we’re dreaming the world into being through the very act of witnessing it. Scientists believe that we’re only able to do this in the very small subatomic world. Shamans understand that we also dream the larger world that we experience with our senses.

  Alberto Villoldo

  Dream, Believe, Long

  Alberto Villoldo (2010). “Courageous Dreaming: How Shamans Dream the World Into Being”, p.6, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly upon unassisted genius and natural sagacity.

  Samuel Johnson

  Patience, Generations, Genius

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1837). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq”, p.237

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• Respect yourself and others will respect you.

  Confucius

  Life, Respect, Self Esteem

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  Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Happiness, Graduation

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• To change the world , we need to combine Ancient wisdom with new technologies

  Paulo Coelho

  Technology, World, Needs

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