Quotes about wisdom
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 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 world way
And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm. Rowan Williams
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 school soul
Wisdom is not finally tested by the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof. Walt Whitman
wisdom car ifs
Don't drive as if you own the road; drive as if you own the car. Sam Ewing
wisdom jobs thinking
Two things help to keep one's job. First, let the boss think he's having his own way. Second, let him have it.
wisdom world profit
We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.
wisdom sweet tea
It's not the sugar that makes the tea sweet, but the stirring. Sam Levenson
wisdom men silence
A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence. Saadi
wisdom islamic thee
Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
wisdom ignorance world
If wisdom was to cease throughout the world, no one would suspect himself of ignorance.
wisdom men sea
The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses 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
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.