Inspirational Wisdom Quotes

Realize that true happiness lies within you.

Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.

The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.

True spirituality is a mental attitude you can practice at any time.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

You can know all there is to know about life and mankind, but what do you really know about yourself?

This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find someone's hand and squeeze it, while there's still time.

I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today.

Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of great people, you can unlock the secrets to what made them great.

Nature and wisdom never are at strife.

He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

You are not the drop in the ocean, but the ocean in the drop.

What is strength without a double share of wisdom?

The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought.

Thinking is only a small aspect of consciousness. Thought cannot exist without consciousness, but consciousness does not need thought

The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

Where ignorance lurks, so too do the frontiers of discovery and imagination

A good question is, of course, the key by which infinite answers can be educed.

One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.

When we turn to our innate wisdom for the harmony of mind and gut, we heal the entrance to the heart as it seeks to beat in rhythm with the world.

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

In life, the hardest decisions often have to be made more than once. But each time, it gets easier.

If we don't change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going.

What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?

Life changes us. To wish otherwise is pointless.

He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.

Look no farther than your hand, Make a choice and take a stand.

There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

Times don't change. Men do.

Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.

Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

A man must...not be content to do things well, but must also aim to do them gracefully.

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

In the long run what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.

Our world's future is far more malleable and controllable than most people realize.

Ingenuity requires creativity.

He who is more mindful of one, loses the love and the faith of both.

You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.

Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom.

Force without reason falls of its own weight.

Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art.

Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up...

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognised: that the human race has been harshly treated, but that it has advanced.