Wisdom Quotes
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We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.
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The All-Wise Maker attaches hundreds of instances of wisdom to each of the beings in the palace of the universe and equips them to perform hundreds of duties. To all trees He bestows instances of wisdom to the number of its fruits and gives duties to the number of its flowers.
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The spiritual journey has to do with learning to think more deeply and take as long a time as we need. That's the path to wisdom.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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Wisdom married to immortal verse.
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The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
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The Spirit is neither good nor bad, it runs where the wild heart leads "Wisdom begins in wonder".
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Someday, in the distant future, our grand-children' s grand-children will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge.
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Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.
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Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
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True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell.
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Intellect is not wisdom.
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There are no limits to the amount of love and wisdom one can take to Heaven.
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A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
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What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?
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Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
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So I say to you, citizens of the last Arab country, this is a time for courage, for unity, for wisdom, for determination, to face these enemies with the dignity your president has shown, and I believe, God willing, we will prevail and triumph, wa-salam aleikum.
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A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.
