Quotes about wisdom
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
wisdom heart fire-of-love
I came to set fire to the earth. And I am watchful that the fire grow. May the fire of love grow in our hearts. May the fire of transformation glow in our movements. May the fire of purification burn away our sins. May the fire of justice guide our steps. May the fire of wisdom illuminate our paths. May the fire that spreads over the Earth never be extinguished. Paulo Coelho
wisdom gold wealth
Wisdom is neither gold, nor silver, nor fame, nor wealth, nor health, nor strength, nor beauty. Plutarch
wisdom heart men
Wisdom, sits alone, topmost in heaven: she is its light, its God; and in the heart of man she sits as high, though groveling minds forget her oftentimes, seeing but this world's idols. Nathaniel Parker Willis
wisdom self doubt
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. Nathaniel Hawthorne
wisdom writing men
In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago.
wisdom fun heart
All that we need to know all the wisdom of the cosmos we will find in our own heart Mother Teresa
wisdom moving body
The way you understand and investigate time is by moving inward, into metabolism. The human body is a knot in time. Terence McKenna
wisdom humble intelligence
The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
wisdom time work
The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
wisdom men today-life
Wisdom will never let us stand with any man on an unfriendly footing. We refuse sympathy and intimacy with people, as if we waited for some better sympathy or intimacy to come. But whence and when: Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.
wisdom knowledge men
It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery or a large bequest to a poor family, does not permanently enrich. They have served no apprenticeship to wealth, and with the rapid wealth come rapid claims which they do not know how to deny, and the treasure is quickly dissipated.
wisdom form
Wisdom is infused into every form.
wisdom pain blood
Every moment instructs, and every object; for wisdom is infused into every form. It has been poured into us as blood; it convulsed us as pain; it slid into us as pleasure; it enveloped us in dull, melancholy days, or in days of cheerful labor; we did not guess its essence until after long time.
wisdom body teach
Body cannot teach wisdom; God only.
wisdom numbers hours
To live the greatest number of good hours is wisdom.
wisdom valuable cheerfulness
To make knowledge valuable, you must have the cheerfulness of wisdom.
wisdom soil may
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.
wisdom men justice
One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom anpther's folly.
wisdom surplus seeing
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
wisdom order belief
Freedom is not the right to live as we please, but the right to find how we ought to live in order to fulfill our potential.
wisdom punishment intelligence
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
wisdom writing wrens
Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it.
wisdom reality ego
Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself. Shunryu Suzuki
wisdom fluidity contradiction
It must be obvious...that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity.
wisdom thinking people
people get wisdom from thinking, not from learning ... Laura Riding
wisdom fear fear-not
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. Lactantius
wisdom ignorance persistence
I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm. Marcus Aurelius
wisdom encouragement lost-love
Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
wisdom doe
He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.
wisdom attitude bother
Change your attitude to the things that bother you and you will be aware of them.
wisdom men may
If we live in peace ourselves, we in turn may bring peace to others. A peaceable man does more good than a learned one. Thomas a Kempis
wisdom thinking perfection
To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.