Quotes about wisdom
wisdom intelligent affair
Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. It is intelligent conduct of human affairs. Sidney Hook
wisdom jobs wake-up
And we can't avoid an inch of our own experience; if we do it causes a blur, a bleep, a puffy unreality. Our job is to wake up to everything, because if we slow down enough, we see that we are everything. Natalie Goldberg
wisdom intelligence want
He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense. Joseph Conrad
wisdom jobs people
There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself. Laurell K. Hamilton
wisdom knowledge mean
Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks. John Kenneth Galbraith
wisdom knowledge pieces
One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.
wisdom children hypocrite
Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised. Leo Tolstoy
wisdom latin knowledge
There is a negative proof of the value of Latin: No one seems to boast of not knowing it.
wisdom meditation-practice helpful
It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing. Pema Chodron
wisdom alive share
It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is part of being alive, something we all share.
wisdom giving-up never-giving-up
Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
wisdom country people
Older people often mistakenly consider that the young people do not care about their country, but the reverse is actually true. Peter Cosgrove
wisdom country voice
They (the youth of Australia) are out there clamouring in all forms of voice, and they are not so much hedging us older Australians aside as saying, 'For heaven's sake, listen to us and empower us to help drive this country towards a wonderful future.'
wisdom passion reason
Le raison avant la passion - Reason over passion. Pierre Trudeau
wisdom eternity found
This I know... That often when I sang, and drummed, and danced, I found my eternity. Rabindranath Tagore
wisdom know-thyself knows
Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe. Pythagoras
wisdom communication pythagorean-theorem
Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
wisdom regret destiny
Every life has a destiny... the trick is to discover it before then end of your life. Otherwise, you will have too many regrets. Kevin J. Anderson
wisdom children eye
There are many ways to seek wisdom. There is travel, there are masters, there is service. There is staring into the eyes of children and elders and lovers and strangers. There is sitting silently in one spot and there is being swept along in life's turbulent current. Life itself will grant you wisdom in ways you may neither understand nor choose. It is up to you to be open to all these sources of wisdom and to embrace them with your whole heart. Kent Nerburn
wisdom pain doorways
Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth. Keith Miller
wisdom grateful reality
You never know what's actually going on in a person's life. You don't know what happened to them before you met them...and that's why they are the way they are. But I do think about it whenever I get in contact with my fans. I know this may be the only time they'll ever meet me. I try to take advantage of that moment and be kind and grateful. Katy Perry
wisdom knowledge-of-god pure
Pure wisdom always directs itself towards God; the purest wisdom is knowledge of God. Lew Wallace
wisdom human-experience humans
Human wisdom is the aggregate of all human experience, constantly accumulating, selecting, and reorganizing its own materials. Joseph Story
wisdom sleep learning
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Josh Billings
wisdom truth honesty
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
wisdom book reading
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. Oscar Wilde
wisdom should asks
No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be? Maria Mitchell
wisdom children men
Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom. Paul Tillich
wisdom bad-day trying
When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try to treat the world better than it treated you. Patrick Stump
wisdom hard-work people
Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have. Peter Garrett
wisdom found mankind
Truth has always been found to promote the best interests of mankind. Percy Bysshe Shelley
wisdom prayer simple
The simple power of prayer can save us all kinds of time and trouble if we will ask God to give us wisdom and discernment in our relationships. Joyce Meyer
wisdom past needs
Too often we spend our time in the past or the future. We need to learn to live now - mentally as well as physically and spiritually.