You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.
Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what it appears to be.
There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.
Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.
Education is no substitute for intelligence.
No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care
My soul is in the sky.
The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.
Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.
These violent delights have violent ends.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
...Nobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is Heaven.
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.
Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
