He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. ‚Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after you.

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn’t taught by men – it’s a gift from God.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

The only real valuable thing is intuition.

I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their health care coverage – they like their plan and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their doctor.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now – always.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

For a dinner date, I eat light all day to save room, then I go all in: I choose this meal and this order, and I choose you, the person across from me, to share it with. There’s a beautiful intimacy in a meal like that.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

We should take care not to make the intellect our goal; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

If we don’t plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And you don’t have to be, you know, a brilliant biochemist and you don’t have to have an IQ of 150. Just common sense tells you to be kind, ninny, fool. Be kind.

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

My company survives because I’ve learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.

He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.

Nature is not human hearted.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

What’s real freedom? Real freedom is being able to not have my way and still be just as happy as if I did.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

Forty to 60 I would say is your prime. That’s when you know the most, you’ve seen the most, you understand the most, and you still have some physical energy.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

When you’re older you want to learn from other people.

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don’t buy a single vote more than is necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.