Society of Traditional Japanese Culture "Aikikai" in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Wisdom

Aikido - Aikikai 

1. "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." Lao Tzu

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

3. "There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth - not going all the way and not starting." Gautama Buddha

4. “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” Gautama Buddha

5. "All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become." Gautama Buddha

6. "Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.” Lao Tzu

7. "You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger." Gautama Buddha

8. "Be vigilant, guard your mind against negative thoughts." Gautama Buddha

9. “Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.” Lao Tzu

10. “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” Lao Tzu

11. “He who is satisfied is rich.” Lao Tzu

12. “Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.” Chuang Tzu

13. “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” Confucius

14. “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” Confucius

15. “When it is obvious that the goals can not be reached, do not adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” Confucius

16. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” Confucius

17. “If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?” Confucius

18. “Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” Gautama Buddha

19. “The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And habit hardens into character.” Gautama Buddha

20. “Nothing is permanent.” Gautama Buddha

21. “You only lose what you cling to.” Gautama Buddha

22. “The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness.” Gautama Buddha

23. “Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love.” Gautama Buddha

24. “He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted.” Lao Tzu

25. “He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.” Lao Tzu

26. “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” Lao Tzu

27. “To know that you know and to know that you do not know - that is the real wisdom.” Confucius

28. “When a person should be spoken with, and you do not speak with them, you lose them. When a person should not be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your time. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their time.” Confucius

29. “It is better to light a small candle than to curse the darkness.” Confucius

30. “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.” Confucius

31. “I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.” Socrates

32. “It is not living that matters, but living rightly.” Socrates

33. “Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth.” Socrates

34. “To do is to be.” Socrates

35. “You should eat to live, not live to eat.” Socrates

36. “Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.” Socrates

37. "“Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.” Socrates

38. “Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.” Socrates

39. “The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways. I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.” Socrates

40. “Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.” Epicurus

41. “The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.” Seneca

42. “People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.” Epictetus

43. "Knowledge is the food of the soul." Plato

44. “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Aristotle

45. “Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.” Aristotle

46. “What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.” Aristotle

47. “A healthy mind in a healthy body.” Juvenal

48. “It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.” Seneca

49. “If you wished to be loved, love.” Seneca

50. “Time discovers truth.” Seneca

51. “While we teach, we learn.” Seneca

52. “A great fortune is a great slavery.” Seneca

53. “He is most powerful who has power over himself.” Seneca

54. “We learn not in the school, but in life.” Seneca

55. “Do everything as in the eye of another.” Seneca

56. “To err is human.” Seneca

57. “If you judge, investigate.” Seneca

58. “If you would judge, understand.” Seneca

59. “You are your choices.” Seneca

60. “Whatever begins also ends.” Seneca

61. “Life, if well lived, is long enough.” Seneca

62. “No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.” Seneca

63. "Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.” Seneca

64. “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” Seneca

65. “Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.” Seneca

66. “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” Seneca

67. “Courage leads to heaven, fear to death.” Seneca

68. “If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.” Seneca

69. “Where fear is, happiness is not.” Seneca

70. “Injustice never rules forever.” Seneca

71. “A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.” Seneca

72. “Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.” Seneca

73. “The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.” Seneca

74. “The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.” Seneca

75. “We never reflect on how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.” Seneca

76. “It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.” Seneca

77. “He that does good to another does good also to himself.” Seneca

78. “Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” Marcus Aurelius

79. “He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.” Marcus Aurelius

80. “You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” Marcus Aurelius

81. “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” Marcus Aurelius

82. “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” Marcus Aurelius

83. "Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” Marcus Aurelius

84. “A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.” Marcus Aurelius

85. “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” Marcus Aurelius

86. “Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.” Marcus Aurelius

87. “The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” Marcus Aurelius

88. “How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.” Marcus Aurelius

89. “Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.” Marcus Aurelius

90. “Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.” Marcus Aurelius

91. “Our life is what our thoughts make it.” Marcus Aurelius

92. “At least for today, do not be angry, do not worry, be grateful, work with diligence, be kind to people.” Mikao Usui

93. “Where there is a will there is a way.” English proverb

94. Anyway

(The inscription written on the wall of Shishu Bhavan, Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta, India)

“People are often unreasonable, irrational and self-centered. Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Be successful anyway.

The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness will make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years creating may be destroyed overnight. Create anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you help them. Help people anyway.

If you give the world the best you have, you may get kicked in the teeth. Give your best anyway.”

95. "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it." Charles R. Swindolle

96. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

97. “You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” Rabindranath Tagore

98. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” Abraham Lincoln

99. "I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” Rabindranath Tagore

100. “Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.” Jules Renard

101. “Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” Thomas Jefferson

102. "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” Jim Rohn

103. “Great acts are made up of small deeds.” Lao Tzu

104. “Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve.” Pehyl Hsieh

105. "Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” Benjamin Disraeli

106. “Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.” Lao Tzu

107. “Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference.” Joel Barker

108. “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” Henri Matisse

109. “Life is a sum of all your choices.” Albert Camus

110. “Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” Albert Einstein

111. "Water heats gradually and boils suddenly. We cannot force the natural course of events, everything happens in its "right" time. The process is gradual, and hence may appear slow to us as we are often too impatient with expectations, but the change takes place within an instant.” Zen Koan

Wisdom | Proverbs & Quotations | Philosophy of Success | True Happiness

_______________________________________________________________________________________