Quotes about wisdom
wisdom heart self
He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed. Ramana Maharshi
wisdom fun simple
The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
wisdom men class
Much of the wisdom of the world is not wisdom, and the most illuminated class of men are no doubt superior to literary fame, and are not writers. Ralph Waldo Emerson
wisdom knowledge suffering
Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom.
wisdom book justice
Be lord of a day, through wisdom and justice, and you can put up your history books.
wisdom children doctors
The first questions are always to be asked, and the wisest doctor is gravelled by the inquisitiveness of a child.
wisdom time book
Many times the reading of a book has made the future of a man.
wisdom men half
Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.
wisdom nature book
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
wisdom men ideas
There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of wisdom.
wisdom simple simplicity
The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. Lin Yutang
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The result showed the wisdom of your orders.
wisdom mind way
The only way to learn is by changing your mind. Orson Scott Card
wisdom mad people
If only we were wiser or better people, perhaps the gods would explain to us the mad, unbearable things they do.
wisdom
If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction. Pankaj Mishra
wisdom self perfect
Most perfect self-understanding is the capability to directly (immediately) transcend dilemma, all problems, all seeking.
wisdom thinking somewhere-else
I think by the age of about nine I recognized that there were a lot of different religions, and it was an accident I happened to be born into one of them. If I had been born somewhere else, I would have had a different one. Which is a pretty good lesson, actually. Everyone should learn that. Richard Dawkins
wisdom cards dice
You will cast away your cards and dice when you find the sweetness of youthful learning. Richard Baxter
wisdom prayer giving
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. This prayer was first printed in a monthly bulletin of the Federal Council of Churches and has become enormously popular. It has been circulated in millions of copies. Reinhold Niebuhr
wisdom religious allies
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.
wisdom doubt orthodoxy
Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we are unsure that we are doubly sure.
wisdom hurt kindness
Kindness always starts with noticing the needs and hurts of others. Rick Warren
wisdom giving earth
You were created to add to life on earth, not just take from it. God wants you to give something back.
wisdom lying promise
What is your assurance of salvation? The promise of God's Word. If God says it, that settles it, because God cannot lie. You can trust the promise of God's Word.
wisdom one-day able
One day it's all going to be clear. It's all going to make sense. You're going to be able to say, "So that's why God allowed that in my life!" Until then, God wants you to trust him.
wisdom feel-good praise
We don't praise God to feel good, but to do good.
wisdom hard-work people
Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have. Peter Garrett
wisdom found mankind
Truth has always been found to promote the best interests of mankind. Percy Bysshe Shelley
wisdom fun men
I have sought earnestly and with great diligence that good and high virtue by which man may draw closest to God... and as far as my intelligence would permit, I find that high virtue to be pure disinterest, that is, detachment from creatures. Our Lord said to Martha 'Unum est necessarium', which is to say; to be untroubled and pure, one thing is necessary and that is disinterest.
wisdom witness stills
The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses. Pindar
wisdom yield self
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
wisdom thinking fame
Fame often comes to those who are thinking about something else, whereas celebrity comes to those who think about nothing else. Celebrity is, if you like, a forgery of fame: it has the form but lacks the content. Phillip Adams
wisdom knowledge keys
The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth. Peter Abelard