Wisdom Quotes
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Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.
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The great wisdom for writers, perhaps for everybody, is to come to understand to be at one with their own tempo.
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If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
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All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word.
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In idle wishes fools supinely stay;Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.
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Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.
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Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
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If elected Speaker, I promise you that we will have the courage to lead the fight for our conservative principles and make our case to the American people. But we will also have the wisdom to listen to our constituents and each other so that we always move forward together.
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I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.
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In particular, for younger researchers on whom the future of mankind may depend. We believe that they are working with all the scientific wisdom at their disposal for the preservation of the inheritance of the earth and for the lasting survival of mankind.
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All true wisdom is found on T-shirts.
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We live in a world with huge repositories of logic and even greater such of information-but, alas, so little wisdom.
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You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.
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When you are the Spirit, you are like a brilliant diamond, which is giving light by itself.
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The daily lessons have opened my mind to higher possibilities and given me a newfound personal wisdom. Success is now the only option, it’s what I now expect for myself.
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Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
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Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.
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It's ironic that we've built the beauty world around 20-year-olds, when they have no f - kin' concept about wisdom, what life is about, having a few relationships below their belt and feeling hardships, to grow into their skin and feel confident within themselves and to feel the value of who they are, not because of a man or because of something like that. And I think that's such a beautiful thing.
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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So thoughtless awareness is the first beautiful state you have to achieve. That will give you peace and a witness state to enjoy the drama of life, to enjoy the different varieties of people, while you will be growing within yourself.
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The wisest of you men is he who has realized, like Socrates, that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless.
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The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.
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I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect.
