Wisdom Quote by Lawrence Nault — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The weight of truth is lighter than the weight of denial.”

“Even in the age of satellites and smart cities, the wind still knows more than we do.”

“The future will not be inherited. It must be protected, reshaped, and loved into being.”

“When the world starts to feel unrecognizable, look to what still grows without permission. That’s where the truth is hiding.”

“Power fears imagination because it cannot be controlled.”

“When success comes too fast, it sweeps you off your feet. By the time you get your balance, you may find you're standing on someone else's path.”

“Enlightenment isn’t a mountain peak. It’s a hallway light left on when you thought you were alone.”

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.”

“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door”

“There is no Jesus without Judas, no Martin Luther King, Jr., without the Klan; no Ali without Joe Frazier; no freedom without tyranny. No wisdom exists that does not include perspective. Relativity is the greatest gift.”

“The best teachers have showed me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly--we only think it does. The motion of drawing back a bow and sending an arrow straight into a target takes only a split second, but it is a skill many years in the making. So it is with a life, anyone's life. I may list things that might be described as my accomplishments in these few pages, but they are only shadows of the larger truth, fragments separated from the whole cycle of becoming. And if I can tell an old-time story now about a man who is walking about, waudjoset ndatlokugan, a forest lodge man, alesakamigwi udlagwedewugan, it is because I spent many years walking about myself, listening to voices that came not just from the people but from animals and trees and stones.”