Wisdom

"the clothes make the man"

"an interesting phenomenon: wear a white coat you believe belongs to a doctor, and you'll be more focused. Wear a white coat you believe belongs to a painter, and you won't see that improvement." -- psychologytoday.

happiness is a choice

When in doubt, choose happiness.

“Do what makes you happy”

Pretty good life advice.

"better safe than sorry"

"it's wiser to be cautious and careful than to be hasty or rash and so do something you may later regret" -- Google dictionary.

“whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, you should stop and reflect”

Attributed to Mark Twain.

when the student is ready, the teacher appears

Request: Thank you Lord.

"I am my own worst enemy"

Realizing the ego is the source of suffering and self-defeating behavior.

"what you focus on expands"

Request: the more attention and energy you give to something, the more it will grow and become a larger part of your life.

"take it with a grain of salt"

Request: Regard something as exaggerated; believe only part of something. To not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true.

let it be easy (attitude)

Sometimes we get "locked into" an attitude or mental posture that makes / believes things harder than they have to be. We can snap out of that with this decision.

appearance is not essence

How is it we can manipulate our appearance?

"what goes around comes around"

Used to say that if someone treats other people badly he or she will eventually be treated badly by someone else -- merriam-webster.

“Every day is judgement day”

An intellectual understanding of karma and its immediacy, though not an equivalent expression for absolute cosmic justice, which is not subject to time periods, i.e. days.

"it's great to be alive"

Calibration of the saying.

"people are all the same"

The Dalai Lama has emphasized that despite our differences, we all share the same basic needs and concerns, and that true happiness comes from inner peace and contentment -- Brave AI.