Wisdom, Chinese Proverb

A good rat will not injure the grain near its own hole.

- Chinese Proverb

Wisdom, Avatamsaka Sutra (華嚴經)

行智具備 如車二輪。

- 華嚴經

Wisdom, Chinese Proverb

The cowl does not make the monk.

- Chinese Proverb

Wisdom, Zhuangzi

則知者不言，言者不知，而世豈識之哉。

- 莊子, 天道

The wise do not speak and those who do speak are not wise. How should the world know that real nature?

- Zhuangzi (莊子), The Way of Heaven (天道)

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Wisdom, Confucius

我非生而知之者 好古敏以求之者也。

- 孔子

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

- Confucius (551BC–479BC)

Wisdom, Confucius

君子之於天下也 無適也 無莫也 義之與比。

- 孔子

The superior man does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.

- Confucius (551BC–479BC)

Knowledge·Wisdom, Zhuangzi

吾生也有涯，而知也无涯。

- 莊子 養生主

There is a limit to our life, but to knowledge there is no limit.

- Zhuangzi (莊子), Nourishing the Lord of Life (養生主)

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