Today's quotes: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 - Local Time 08:28:55
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Those who know when to stop do not exhaust their strength. Those who know when to say no do not get lost in the chaos of desire, because knowing how to say no is part of respecting the natural path, without wasting energy on the useless. Like the mountain that remains unmoved, even when others try to shake it, its solidity does not depend on external pressure, but on its deep roots. If you try to bend the tree to please everyone, you will lose its fruit. Every 'no' said with firmness strengthens and preserves your root.- Lao Zen Scacciapensieri
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The real challenge is not just to cross the river of life, but to do so without letting the waters overwhelm us or turn us into something we are not. True courage is swimming with the current of our own being, without fearing the loss of our shape. Observe: even if the current is strong, the salmon always knows where to go, because it is not afraid to swim upstream. And if life pushes you underwater, know this: if you learn to swim, the water becomes your sea.- Lao Zen Scacciapensieri
Life teaches with every step; the wise one picks the fruit and leaves the peel. He does not hold onto the wind that has already passed, but warms himself in the sun that remains. For what happens to us is neither good nor bad: it is an opportunity. It is up to us to choose what to carry with us in the sack of the day - wisdom or unnecessary weight. There is no need to cling to what burns: every experience has a lesson, but not every detail deserves a place in the heart.- Lao Zen Scacciapensieri
The moon does not fear the clouds of the coming day; it shines as long as the sky hosts it. So does the wise one: they walk with the step beneath their feet. Those who live in the present do not stumble over future thoughts. And if you must run, let it be after a butterfly, not after a tomorrow that doesn't know where it's going. Each day brings its own burden, there's no need to carry two at once.- Lao Zen Scacciapensieri
Those who wear the truth, even when it's rough, walk lightly. Those wrapped in lies fear every breeze. Silk may fool the eye, but the skin knows better. Moral: truth may sting, but it never betrays - and the wise prefer the thorn of truth to the feather pillow of lies, at least they know where they've been pricked. Never forget: it's better to stumble naked in the truth than to strut wrapped in an elegant lie.- Lao Zen Scacciapensieri
Time waits for no one; what flows clear today may turn to fog tomorrow. Act now, like the flower that blooms at the first touch of sunlight, without asking if the dawn will return. What you postpone often becomes a burden, like a forgotten bucket of water: it not only fails to quench your thirst, but it rusts the well. In the end, postponing is like sitting on the grass, waiting for it to cut itself.- Lao Zen Scacciapensieri
The wise one fears the warrior who can do everything, and even more so the one who can do nothing but promises much. For the first destroys with his hands, the second with illusions. Both leave ruins: one visible, the other deep. The true path is to beware of excess-whether of zeal or of emptiness. And if you must choose, remember: the silence of the useless is more precious than the clamor of the harmful.- Lao Zen Scacciapensieri
The wise do not rush to close the circle: they observe the question and let time answer. For not everything in a hurry knows where it's going . . . Watch the ant and its diligent work: it knows that every crumb has its worth. So should you: do not despise what is small, nor rush what is being born. The calm step knows the path, and sometimes, it is silence that brings the answers words have lost.- Lao Zen Scacciapensieri
He who thinks that the stars are always there, stops looking up. And ends up missing the dawn. Because nothing is owed to us, not even what shines. Love, friendship, presence: they must be looked at, chosen, cared for . . . every day, as if it were the first. Remember: what you don't caress with your gaze, slowly moves away, like a boat left without a rope.- Lao Zen Scacciapensieri
- Lao Zen Scacciapensieri
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