If you rule the air, you are great; the waters, you are extraordinary; the lands, you are remarkable; but if you rule over yourself, you are remarkable.
If you shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is.
No knowledge comes from the outside world or an imaginary supernatural paradise.
Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.
One who fishes in shallow waters limits the kind of fish he can catch.
A wolf can only curse a lion when surrounded by its peers.
If you serve two masters, either of them may punish you for serving the other.
If the sun shone for itself, it would be blinded by its own light; if a river flowed for itself, it would be drowned by its own weight.
Seek to be the smartest in a room, not the loudest.
No man his the master of his fate.
Anger has great strength, but no brains. Greed has a great appetite, but no heart.Pride has a great spirit, but no soul.
Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.
A bird will only eat from a hand it trusts.
The mind is a temple of knowledge, the heart is a temple of understanding, and the soul is a temple of wisdom; together they are a temple of enlightenment.
In the lowest Hell you find ignorance.In the lowest Heaven you find shrewdness.
You cannot tell a river in which direction it should flow, but you can steer your boat.
The mind speaks, thought it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though it does not have wings.
What you seek for others you find for yourself.
It is better to be a marble in a hut than a brick in a palace.
A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.
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