Colective wisdom

If you don’t know about something, you don’t need to bother about it. In other words, if you’re unaware of something, it won’t cause you stress. This proverb, however, is often used in the opposite way – ignorance is not bliss.

Working with others may be somewhat slow compared to solo work, but you’ll need to collaborate if you want long-term success because you can’t do everything yourself.

If you utilize the peace time to get better at war, your adversaries will hesitate in waging a war on you, and hence the time of peace will stretch.

If you do something dangerous or adventurous, you may get harmed.

If you can’t beat your opponent, then work alongside them for mutual benefit.

Something cheap will be of suspect quality and will trouble you later in the form of higher maintenance and/or poor performance.

Actions and decisions taken in moments of anger aren’t the best. They can bring great misery. Wait for your anger to pass and then act or decide.

If things were to happen by just wishing them, even the poorest will have everything they want.

Be optimistic, but be prepared for a scenario where things can go wrong.

It’s always better to be truthful and honest, even if the opposite may get you short-term benefits.

Don’t you feel relieved on reaching home after you’ve been away for few days? No matter where you visit, you’ll long to return to your home and family.

We should thank for what we get even though it’s less than what we had hoped for.

If you share your grief, it’ll get easier to bear.

A good product doesn’t need promotion; it spreads through word of mouth.

Patience is often rewarded.

Overconfidence can doom even the competent.

Good bargains can be tempting and entice people into buying more than required, most of which can even go unused.

God helps those who make sincere effort.

Get out of a situation while it’s still easy to leave on good terms.

An insignificant nail resulted in the loss of the rider. Small things can have huge implications. So, don’t ignore nuances and minute details. They’re the ones that stand people out.

If you carry out your plans boldly, luck is more likely to favor you.

Fools or inexperienced persons get involved in situations or pursue goals without much thought. In contrast, wise think through such situations or goals.

Enjoy the flattery you receive, but don’t believe it because people often flatter to meet their own selfish interests.

Like birds with colorful feathers look attractive, people in fine clothes look appealing. However, don’t get swayed by external appearance when making friends.

If the love is shallow, people will find faults in each other.

If you know a situation, person, or thing well, you start taking them for granted and stop respecting them.

Be resilient and try despite failures. That’s how you succeed.

We can’t hide incompetency behind teamwork. Everyone has to justify their expense.

We think that we work the hardest. This is also called responsibility bias: People tend to overvalue their own contributions and undervalue contributions of others.

Even the unluckiest or the most unfortunate will taste success at some point.