Wisdom Quotes

Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.

A person of wisdom is not one who practices Buddhism apart from worldly affairs but, rather, one who thoroughly understands the principles by which the world is governed.

You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.

Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate

When gratitude replaces judgment, peace spreads throughout your body, gentleness embraces your soul, & wisdom fills your mind.

For the majority of Americans, collectivist or nationalized economy is morally wrong and therefore unjust. For them, free enterprise meets their keen sense of justice.

It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.

The whole point of all these conversations is to leave your mind empty, not full. If you go away with learning, you have missed the opportunity

Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine?

In my youth I studied for ostentation; later, a little to gain wisdom; now, for recreation; never for gain.

He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.

Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.

The hardest thing over the years has been having the courage to go against the dominant wisdom of the time, to have a view that is at variance with the present consensus and bet that view.

Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Better slip with foot than tongue.

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.

Every time I stepped into madness of the crowds, I longed for the wisdom of the loneliness.

It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world.

Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between "That doesn't make sense" and "I don't understand.

He who will lose a present good for one in expectation hath some wit, but a small store of wisdom.

Whoever is not too wise is wise. [Lat., Quisquis plus justo non sapit, ille sapit.]

Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys' man he can see it, too.

There is no gospel without the offence. This is God's wisdom. It never seems sensible to us in our flesh.

Spiritual wisdom is now available to everyone, disseminated to the masses as never before in world history.

God exists in eternity. The only point where eternity meets time is in the present. The present is the only time there is.

It takes great courage and personal strength to hold on to our center during times of great hurt. It takes wisdom to understand that our reactiveness only fans the flames of false drama.

Freedom is participation in power.

Doubt is often the beginning of wisdom.

The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action.

Do your best with what you have where you are.

The greatest wisdom doesn't know itself. The richest plan is not to have one.

To a fool time brings only age not wisdom.

Exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year.

Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.

The histories of the lives and fortunes of men are full of instances of this nature,--where favorable times and lucky accidents have done for them, what wisdom or skill could not.

The loneliness is the mother of wisdom.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

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.

He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.

Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it, while really it is finding its place in him.

If God is satisfied with the work, the work may be satisfied with itself.

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.

We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it.

We're a feeling, an awareness encased here

Parliaments have stopped laughing at woman suffrage, and politicians have begun to dodge! It is the inevitable premonition of coming victory.

If I could turn down the noise of my own will and choiceI could hear the truth of my life in a clear voice. I will bow down my head to the wisdom of my heart.

Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.

The real way to gain happiness is to give it to others.

Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.