Compact Wisdom

I like quotes as with a handful words they can pack a lot of wisdom + with some built-in ambiguity they are open to various interpretations, depending on the perspective of the reader.

Here are some of the ones that resonate with me:

Home is where one starts from.

T.S. Eliot

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

Mark Twain

Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

Allen Saunders

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

Thomas A. Edison

If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.

Gordon A. Eadie

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Friedrich Nietzsche

If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.

Albert Einstein

You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.

Al Capone

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

Mother Teresa

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Marthe Troly-Curtin

Not all those who wander are lost.

J.R.R. Tolkien

If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.

Toni Morrison

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Aristotle