Quotes About Wisdom

God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart.

I had a period in my life in the '90s where I was definitely young, dumb, and full of even more dumb.

All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library.

Once we truly understand that our waking experience is dreamlike, we no longer have to treat life as a serious problem.

In life, you learn lessons. And sometimes you learn them the hard way. Sometimes you learn them too late.

You can almost measure where you are in life by the degree to which you have begun looking back rather than ahead.

The ability to find meaning in the most difficult times, I think, is one of the most important skills of life.

I don't get nearly enough credit in life for the things I manage not to say.

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

Every conscious act requires risk. Every conscious act requires decision. Put these two facts together and you realize that the secret to life is not to avoid gambling but to gamble well.

If you don't want your life to be 'messed up', don't fool around with those who have messed up theirs.

It matters not how long you live, but how well.

Lovers have known sometimes what saints have not known.

The Mind: a beautiful servant, a dangerous master.

Now I got kids and I'm more wise now. Life means more to me than having fun. I'm more calm, more wise, and more cautious.

If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.

....avoid roasted cabbage, do not eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!" -Angela

You don't get a rebate at the end of your life for living with an idiot.

Heaven gives long life to the just and the intelligent.

To me, it's obvious that the winner has to bet very selectively. It's been obvious to me since very early in life. I don't know why it's not obvious to very many other people.

There are no mistakes in life - only lessons. Lessons to be learnt and re-learnt until they are no longer lessons.

The basic wisdom of Shambhala is that in this world, as it is, we can find a good and meaningful human life that will also serve others. That is our true richness.

Life is not a private affair. A story and its lessons are only made useful if shared.

When you get older, then you feel death not at the end of the road, but death all around you, in everything. Life is saturated with death. I feel death everywhere.