Quotes About Wisdom

There is nothing more dangerous in the spiritual life, than to wish to rule ourselves after our own way of thinking.

By seeing the beauty in every face we lift others into their wisest self and increase the chances of hearing a synchronistic message.

We can't really digest food unless there's hunger. So we can't really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it.

When you come before spiritual master, be prepared to get chastised. Spiritual Master's business is to do that. Shisya means who is ready is accept 'sashan' or ready dor getting chastisement.

I cannot tell you any spiritual truth that deep within you don't know already. All I can do is remind you of what you have forgotten.

There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master.

The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.

The goal of spiritual life is not altered states, but altered traits

Great spiritual teachings do not change, but we do. As we grow older and wiser, we can receive the teachings at deeper levels.

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.

Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.

Don't consider me too demanding if I ask you once again to set great store by holy books and read them as much as you can. This spiritual reading is as necessary to you as the air you breathe.

Intelligence is of paramount importance to live life sensibly, because without intelligence, there is no clarity. And Clarity is intelligence everyone is capable of.

The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person.

It is the pain of ignorance which makes one into a seeker.

People don't see this side of me. They don't know I read, like, 800 million spiritual books. Lately I am just really getting into a lot of spirituality.

Happy is the man who is nothing.

The spiritual consciousness is never deceived

If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked.

The love of Christ comes from simple people who love simple people. Never be fooled by the spiritual leader who knows a lot but doesn't love a lot.

In the spiritual realm, the opposite of ignorance is not knowledge, it's obedience.

Only as a warrior can one survive the path of knowledge.

As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on this earth.

Common sense is what tells us the earth is flat.