Quotes about wisdom
wisdom kindness desire
Kindness is not something that we put on for certain occasions, like a piece of jewelry; rather, it is an attribute of God's that He desires to reproduce in us. Charles Stanley
wisdom giving-up joy
Dear brethren, this is exactly what we have to do, we have to pawn the present for the future. We must be satisfied to give up anything which Christ may require of us for the sake of that which is to come. Our inheritance is not on this side of Jordan. Our joy is yet to be revealed. I grant you that we have much thrown in, for the Lord is a good paymaster; but on the road to heaven he gives us only our spending money. Charles Spurgeon
wisdom men fire
Let us be banded together as one man; let us contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints; let us pray with fervour, let us live in holiness, let us preach constantly, and preach with fire, and let us so live, that we may impress our age, and leave our footprints on the sands of time.
wisdom men cost
That religion which costs a man nothing is usually worth nothing.
wisdom knowledge use
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.
wisdom thinking reality
A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world of illusion. Alan Watts
wisdom new-year careers
To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. Akhenaton
wisdom duty
The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
wisdom mean hearing
By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained. Chanakya
wisdom pride world
We should not feel pride in our charity, austerity, valour, scriptural knowledge, modestyandmorality for the world is full of the rarest gems.
wisdom wife body
Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.
wisdom awake wells
Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.
wisdom generosity quality
Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.
wisdom men people
A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere.
wisdom rocks water
There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words - fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems.
wisdom evil tree
Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins.
wisdom noble birth
Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.
wisdom body merit
Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.
wisdom men vision
He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.
wisdom ocean men
At the time of the pralaya (universal destruction) the oceans are to exceed their limits and seek to change, but a saintly man never changes.
wisdom religious journey
Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.
wisdom godly animal
The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
wisdom hands contentment
Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment.
wisdom giving-up acquiring-knowledge
He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.
wisdom men swans
Swans live wherever there is water, and leave the place where water dries up; let not a man act so - and comes and goes as he pleases.
wisdom water wealth
Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
wisdom men mirrors
What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?
wisdom spring long
The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so as to give joy to all.
wisdom sweet men
The man who remains a fool even in advanced age is really a fool, just as the Indra-Varuna fruit does not become sweet no matter how ripe it might become.
wisdom kings community
He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous path.
wisdom long soul
As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?
wisdom giving wife
When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord's devotees.
wisdom men secret
Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.