Wisdom doors...

"The doors of wisdom are never shut." 

Benjamin Franklin

Reality..by Einstein

"Reality is merely an illusion albeit a very persistent one". 

Albert Einstein

Appearances...

"Beware, so long as you live of judging 

men by their outward appearance." 

Jean de La Fontaine

(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_La_Fontaine)

Peace....

"Peace is not the denial of war. Peace is a state of being in which all conflicts and all problems have ceased; it is not a theory, not an ideal to be achieved after ten incarnations, ten years or ten days. As long as the mind has not understood its own activity, it will create more misery; and the understanding of the mind is the beginning of peace."

Krishnamurti

Public opinion

Public opinion is no more than this:

what people think that other people think. 

Alfred Austin

Mistakes...

(credit 123rf.com via google images)

"Mistakes are the usual bridge between

inexperience and wisdom."

Phyllis Theroux

Failure and Wisdom...

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."

Samuel Smiles

Be.....

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, 

instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

Judy Garland

(actress and singer b.June 10, 1922 –  d.June 22, 1969)

Conditioned not to see...

"Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see - not what is right in front of them in its pristine condition."

Vincent Bugliosi

(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Bugliosi)

Flame...

“The flame that burns twice as

bright burns half as long.” 

Lao Tzu

My home...

"A man's homeland is wherever he prospers."

Aristophanes

Yes!

Eternity...

If you understand others you are smart.
If you understand yourself you are illuminated.
If you overcome others you are powerful.
If you overcome yourself you have strength.
If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.
If you can act with vigor, you have a will.
If you don't lose your objectives
you can be long-lasting.
If you die without loss, you are eternal.”

Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching

The reason....

"There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there."

Paulo Coelho