Quotes

LAO TSE

1)      Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear

Many problems are like the muddy water, no action is required, only simple observation. It takes patience and serenity

2)      Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them-that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like

An author said, instead carpeting the world, easier is to put slippers. Means that instead of changing the world, oneself must change

3)      He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know

In this quote Lao Tse refers to reality. If you know something because you experienced it, then what you say about that is not reality, because reality can´t be expressed in words, these are just labels, they are like a map, that is an approximation of the reality. How can I explain the rose´s fragrance?

ALBERT EINSTEIN

4)      As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality

It is the same case of the previous quote

LAO TZU

5)      He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough

It treats on the ambition. When we reach some target, we should know when to stop and not to try to reach any more

6)      He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened

More that look at outside, the truly useful thing is look inwards, so across the knowledge of ourselves we can understand the others

CONFUCIO

7)      Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.

If we are going to do something it is necessary to do it well or better not to do it

BENJAMÍN FRANKLIN

8)      A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.

The reality is that both, the thinking and practice liberal and conservative are complementary. Both currents are necessary for the survival of society. We can use a simile. Consider that society is like a car. The liberal thought is the engine, and conservative thought is the brake. A car without an engine will get us nowhere. And one without brakes only lead us to the hospital. Liberal action seeking change, innovation and movement. On the other hand, the conservative action supports static, the rules and to the permanent. A successful society is one that moves with guidance and with regulated speed.

WALT WHILTMAN

9)      Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough.

In Journey to Ixtlan, Don Juan was saying to Castaneda: “The death is the only wise adviser that we have. Whenever you feel, as always you do it, that everything is going out for you badly and that you are on the verge of being annihilated, turn towards your death and ask her if it is true. Your death will say to you that you are wrong; that nothing imports in reality any more than his touch. Your death will say to you: "I have not touched you yet”

Thus, compared with the death any problem is insignificant

SENECA

10)   It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

No try to solve problems is our biggest limitation