wisdom

wisdom

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. This is My Story
Don't Gain The World & Lose Your Soul, Wisdom Is Better Than Silver Or Gold.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. As You Like It
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Metaphysics
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes. The Picture of Dorian Gray
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
Let no man pull you so low as to hate him. A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times. Alchemist
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. Tao Te Ching
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. The Alchemist
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose
The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Masnavi i Man'avi, the spiritual couplets of Maula
Never, never, never give in!
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
The past has no power over the present moment.
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom. War and Peace
We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.
There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there. The Fifth Mountain
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. The Essays
Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul. Book of a Thousand Days
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What's a sundial in the shade?
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection
We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination. Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
Time is a game played beautifully by children. Fragments
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
There are no ordinary moments. Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Four Quartets
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. In Front of Your Nose: 1945-1950
Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.
Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.
The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.
Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.
Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.
Time flows away like the water in the river.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?"
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, the wise are not moved by praise or blame.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.
Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.
It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!
Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living. Notebook
The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. Illusions
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door
Wisely and slow, they stumble who run fast. Romeo and Juliet
A path is made by walking on it.
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
It takes a very long time to become young.
I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.
The fates lead him who will; him who won't they drag.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise. The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha
Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized. The Second Sex
Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.