Wisdom Quotes

Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.

Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.

Don't speak to fools, they scorn the wisdom of your words.

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

Seeking knowledge at an Young age is like engraving on a stone.

Like a twisted olive tree in its 500th year, giving then its finest fruit, is man. How can he give forth wisdom until he has been crushed and turned in the Hand of God.

In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.

Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.

None believes in his own death. In the unconscious everyone is convinced of his own immortality.

Only wisdom and virtue can truly win men's devotion.

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

Giving energy to the mind, is like giving your neighbour a gun to shoot you with.

It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

It isn't the incompetent who destroy an organization. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: 'Don't decide what you don't have to decide.' That's not evasion, it's wisdom.

Let your light shine. Be a source of strength and courage. Share your wisdom. Radiate love.

We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a passing breeze, because with a little patience we shall see them disappear. Time changes everything.

Whatever you give, if you give it freely and without conditions it'll come back to you two fold.

The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

A path is made by walking on it.

The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.

I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.

A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.

When I look inside and see that I'm nothing, that's wisdom. When I look outside and see that I'm everything, that's love. And between these two, my life turns.

Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.

Are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honor and reputation, and caring so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul?

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

I think a lot of us are not on a path; we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life.

It is weight that gives meaning to weightlessness.

Truthfulness is composed of justice and courage.

Tai chi does not mean oriental wisdom or something exotic. It is the wisdom of your own senses, your own mind and body together as one process.

Sin can be forgiven, but stupid is forever.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.

If you rest, you rust.

Our wickedness shall not overpower the unspeakable goodness and mercy of God; our dullness shall not overpower God's wisdom, nor our infirmity God's omnipotence.

Good ideas come from everywhere. It's more important to recognize a good idea than to author it.

The study of History is the beginning of wisdom.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior.

Grace woke you up this morning, grace started you on your way and grace enabled you to survive until this very moment.

The early bird catches the worm.

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

Everyone who believes in God must have His revelation in his spirit, or else what he believes is not God but mere human wisdom, ideals or words. Such faith cannot endure the test.