Wisdom Quotes

The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile.

One world, one mankind cannot exist in the face of six, four or even two scales of values: We shall be torn apart by this disparity of rhythm, this disparity of vibrations.

How wonderful, how miraculous, all beings, but all beings, are fully endowed with the wisdom and power of the Tathagat. But, sadly, human beings, due to sticky attachments, are not aware of it

The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.

Within each experience of pain or negativity is the opportunity to challenge the perception that lies behind it and to choose to learn with wisdom.

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.

Denying the lines on our faces makes a comment about age and wisdom I don't care to make.

This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable even when no one else recognizes that it is present.

Noble man remembers nothing good he did for others.

It is absurd to entrust the defense of a country to people who own nothing in it.

A word to the wise is -- unnecessary.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint.

The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.

Life is no brief candle but a splendid torch made to burn ever more brightly.

God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.

The mind creates all the problems for an individual or for the collective. One has to go beyond the mind into thoughtless awareness, where there is peace.

To achieve your ethereal state, you have to expand your thoughtless awareness.

I love you because all the loves in the world are like different rivers flowing into the same lake where they meet and are transformed into a single love that becomes rain and blesses the earth.

Wisdom always makes men fortunate: for by wisdom no man could ever err, and therefore he must act rightly and succeed, or his wisdom would be wisdom no longer.

Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.

...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.

God in His wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why.

My work as a human being is to quiet my mind, open my heart and do what I can to relieve the suffering with as much wisdom, skill, whatever I got.

To get hold of your boys you must be their friend.

GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile

We have to treat others as part of who we are, rather than as a 'them' with whom we are in constant competition.

You must enshrine in your hearts the spiritual urge towards light and love, Wisdom and Bliss!

I've got so much wisdom and have lived through so much life that I feel more powerful than I ever have.

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.

When you know beyond all doubting that the same life flows through all that is, and you are that life, you will love all naturally and spontaneously.

The first requisite of stewardship is to give ourselves to God. Thus, a logical recognition of God's absolute ownership should follow.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.

Solomon got more hurt by his wealth, than he got good by his wisdom.

A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable.

First, cut out all the wisdom, then cut out all the adjectives.

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have.

Wisdom married to immortal verse.

We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.

Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.

A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.

To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

Night is the mother of counsels.

Investigation after declaration of submission leads astray.

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.