Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.
The wise man does not seek enlightenment, he waits for it.
The reaper does not listen to the harvest.
The path to wisdom does, in fact, begin with a single step. Where people go wrong is in ignoring all the thousands of other steps that come after it.
Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.
Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn’t believing. It’s where belief stops, because it isn’t needed anymore.
Only those with their feet on rock can build castles in the air.
My granny used to say if you’re too sharp you’ll cut yourself.
It takes forty men with their feet on the ground to keep one man with his head in the air.
Inside every lump of coal there’s a diamond waiting to get out.
If the landslide is big enough, even square pebbles will roll.
Give a man a fire and he’s warm for a day, but set fire to him and he’s warm for the rest of his life.