Wisdom Quotes
Peace is not happenstance. It is a living fire that must be fed constantly. It must be tended to with vigilance, else it dies out.
He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.
Sometimes in life there's no problem and sometimes in there is no solution. In this space - between these apparent poles - life flows.
Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?
By simple mathematics giving is key to the world you seek to live in. If I take I alone gain. If I give or share then two at least are enriched.
There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.
Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.
Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'
Starting each day with a positive mindset is the most important step of your journey to discovering opportunity.
There is a difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up.
You can't run from feelings, Charity. You have to face them. Otherwise your future will look just like your past.
Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for your life to begin and start making the most of the moment you are in.
The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret.
The wisdom of the world, while in many cases very valuable, is most valuable when it humbly bows to the wisdom of God.
Gorbachev's stance contrasts admirably with the policy of the sainted Abraham Lincoln, who used massive force and mass murder to force the seceding Southern states to remain in the Union.
The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.
Forget about trying to stabilize the personal sense of Self. It is inherently unstable. See that the Self watches this.
The most evident token and apparent sign of true wisdom is a constant and unconstrained rejoicing.
Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.
Stairs elevate you; ethics elevates you; goodness elevates you; awareness elevates you; wisdom elevates you.
This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth.
The wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increases impatience of folly.
We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.
I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.