Quotes About Wisdom

One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.

What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.

Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.

If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.

Knowing is passing from the false to the true and seeing the Absolute Whole in the part.

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.

The Highest Thought is always that thought which contains joy. The Clearest Words are those words which contain truth. The Grandest Feeling is that feeling which you call love.

You cannot live by feelings and emotions; you have to live by your intuition and consciousness.

The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it.

Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally.

To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something

What is it to be a fool for Christ? It is to control one's thoughts when they stray out of line. It is to make the mind empty and free.

Immersion in the scriptures is essential for spiritual nourishment

If we are going to be wise, spiritual people prepared to meet the crises of our age, we must be a studying, learning community that values the life of the mind

One who explores and knows all aspects of his life, is called self-realized.

Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.

Isn't is amazing that almost everyone has an opinion to offer about the Bible, and yet so few have studied it?

Spirituality is like a bird: If you hold it too closely, it chokes, And if you hold it too loosely, it escapes.

Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.

The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

All true things must change and only that which changes remains true.

A warrior knows that he is only a man. His only regret is that his life is so short that he can't grab onto all the things he would like to. But for him, this is not an issue; it's only a pity.

The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.