Philosophical Fortune Cookie Quotes Fortune Cookie Quotes

“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”

“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this.”

“Do not seek for events to happen as you wish, but wish events to happen as they do.”

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”

“Man is disturbed not by events, but by his opinion of events.”

“Waste no more time arguing what a good person should be. Be one.”

“It is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

“First say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do.”

“He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a living man.”

“The whole future lies in uncertainty. Live immediately.”

“The obstacle is the path.”

“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”

“When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”

“The finger pointing at the moon is not the moon.”

“Not knowing is most intimate.”

“If you are present in this moment, you miss nothing.”

“Everything is as it should be — even the parts that hurt.”

“The master sees nothing as a problem, only as a situation.”

“Do not seek the truth. Only cease to cherish opinions.”

“Water is soft and humble, yet it shapes every stone it touches.”

“Existence precedes essence — you define yourself through your choices.”

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

“Hell is other people — and also traffic.”

“Man is condemned to be free.”

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is a habit.”

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”

“The purpose of life is to live it fully.”

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”