Wisdom Quotes

It is possible to have too much of a good thing.

Let the mind beware, that though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious.

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.

School is an institution built on the axiom that learning is the result of teaching. And institutional wisdom continues to accept this axiom, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Sufism and yoga are one and the same thing. They are just words, in wisdom there is no difference. All the teachings are absolutely the same. They are only different paths to the One.

One of the signs of relying on deeds is loss of hope when a misstep occurs.

By science calmed, over the peaceful soul, Bright with eternal Wisdom's lucid ray, Peace, meek of eye, extends her soft control, And drives the puny Passions far away.

Tis long ere time can mitigate your grief; To wisdom fly, she quickly brings relief.

The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us.

For six years profound silence was mistaken for profound wisdom.

In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.

If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.

If you don't gamble, you'll never win.

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Our passions, when well exercised, have wisdom; they guide our thinking, our values, our survival.

Actually I feel I'm a better player; more mentally. I guess you get better with age people say. You have a lot more wisdom.

To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear.

Rely on the teaching, not on the person; Rely on the meaning, not on the words; Rely on the definitive meaning, not on the provisional; Rely on your wisdom mind, not on your ordinary mind.

In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.

Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.

Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.

When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.

Failures give us wisdom. Your failures are just as valuable and rich with blessings. But you must be willing to contemplate them, ask what lesson they have for you, and apply it the next time around.

The heart clings to collected treasure. Stored-up possessions get between me and God. Where my treasure is, there is my trust, my security, my comfort, my God. Treasure means idolatry.

Wisdom is the mind what health is to the body.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

We possess nothing certainly except the past

Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one.

Nature utters her voice in lessons of heavenly wisdom and eternal truth.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.

I have a conviction that it's only when you are put at full stretch that you can realise your full potential.

Never, no never, did Nature say one thing, and wisdom another.

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear.

Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.

No man was ever wise by chance.

The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.

A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear.

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.

Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.

Angry people are not always wise.

Ideas are the source of all things

To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.

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

Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth.

There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?