Quotes about wisdom
wisdom islamic men
A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane Saadi
wisdom horse islamic
Astride a horse I am not, nor camel-like carry a load, Subjects I have none, nor follow any sultan's code; I worry not for what exists, nor fret for what is lost, I breathe with extreme ease, and live at very little cost.
wisdom islamic people
He taught people with his best way. He showed his beauty. He was all good so peace be on him and his family.
wisdom islamic men
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
wisdom islamic sea
In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
wisdom islamic elephants
Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant
wisdom fall islamic
If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
wisdom voice soul
There is a place where voices sing your beauty, A place where every breath carves your image in my soul. Rumi
wisdom path-of-love madness
In their seeking, wisdom and madness are one and the same. On the path of love, friend and stranger are one and the same.
wisdom islamic journey
Whoever travels without a guide, needs two hundred years for a two-day journey.
wisdom rain limitless
Wisdom is like the rain. Its source is limitless, but it comes down according to the season.
wisdom islamic able
Innumerable changes of moods are yours, and they are uncontrolled by you. If you knew their origin, you would be able to dominate them. If you cannot localize your own changes, how can you localize that which formed you?
wisdom looks pearls
Whatever pearl you seek, look for the pearl within the pearl!
wisdom islamic men
Botha swimmer and a drowned man are in the water; the latter is borne by the water and controlled by it, while the swimmer is borne along by his own power and of his own volition. Every movement made by the drowned man - indeed, every act and word that issue from him - comes from the water, not from him... The saints are like this. They have died before death.
wisdom real islamic
Say Bismillah, In the name of God, as the shaykh does with a knife when he offers an animal. Bismillah your old self to find your real name. - Jalaluddin al
wisdom islamic ifs-and
The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society. Roy Hattersley
wisdom daughter rap
The trouble with being an activist is you end up like Eve and you get kicked out of the Garden of Eden. You know, Eve was the first person who thought for herself. And she still gets a bad rap. I named my daughter after her. Susan Sarandon
wisdom sheep people
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces. Solon
wisdom fun men
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Ann Landers It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up. Vince Lombardi
wisdom real heart
Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . . So that, after all, the real aristocracy must be that of goodness where the intellect is directed by the heart. Robert Green Ingersoll
wisdom freedom men
The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow-men.
wisdom men rights
In questions of law or of fact conscience is very often confounded with opinion. No man's conscience can tell him the rights of another man; they must be known by rational investigation or historical inquiry. Samuel Johnson
wisdom keeping-secrets kept-secrets
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
wisdom retirement riches
It is better to live rich than to die rich.
wisdom passion intelligence
He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
wisdom knowledge knowing
The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
wisdom men reflection
It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
wisdom australia evil
We want to create a sort of linguistic Lourdes, where evil and misfortune are dispelled by a dip in the waters of euphemism Robert Hughes
wisdom art australia
Nothing they design ever gets in the way of a work of art
wisdom years taught
Happy those Who in the after-days shall live, when Time Hath spoken, and the multitude of years Taught wisdom to mankind! Robert Southey
wisdom feet mouths
Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet.
wisdom people ambitious
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity. Robert Louis Stevenson
wisdom wall children
Philosophy should always know that indifference is a militant thing. It batters down the walls of cities and murders the women and children amid the flames and the purloining of altar vessels. When it goes away it leaves smoking ruins, where lie citizens bayonetted through the throat. It is not a children's pastime like mere highway robbery. Stephen Crane