Quotes About Wisdom

More than half of my life is past; I have left only the time I need for turning the rest of it to account and for effacing my errors by my virtues.

A hermit said, "Do not judge an adulterer if you are chaste or you will break the law of God just as much as he does. For he who said 'Do not commit adultery' also said 'Do not judge.

Never ask a question if you don't know the answer. — Rhett

Never sleep with a lady only once, especially in the case of an older lady. -'Rhett

Never ask a question if you don't know the answer.

Uncle Claudie Windham's life has weathered to the color of wisdom.

Great, Yoda wrote the directions.

Mucho antes de Cristo había en Grecia un poeta que decía: Tengo un gran arte, hiero duramente a aquellos que me hieren. Mi arte es más grande aún: quiero a aquellos que me quieren".

He who is unwilling to trust to the power of thinking cannot, in fact, enlighten himself regarding higher spiritual facts.

These are two poles in the soul's life: loss of self in what one is contemplating and self-willed assertion of what lies within the self. These are two great opposites. If you wish to attain real knowledge and permeate yourself with wisdom, self-will is lethal. In ordinary life, we know self-will only as prejudice—and prejudices always destroy higher insight.

Pro ?lovÄ›ka je dokonce velmi Å¡patné, nem?že-li pÃ…â"¢istupovat k záhadÄ› bytí nejprve citem. Je proto nutné, aby vychovatel mÄ›l pro vÅ¡echny pÃ…â"¢írodní zákony a tajemství svÄ›ta k dispozici podobenství.

for anyone else until you have wisely and effectively understood and undertaken to change yourself?

for how can you become wise and effective for anyone else until you have wisely and effectively understood and undertaken to change yourself?

Každý úsudek, který není vystavÄ›n na patÃ…â"¢i?ném základÄ› duÅ¡evního bohatství, vrhá totiž soudícímu na jeho životní cestu kameny. Jednou vytvoÃ…â"¢ený úsudek o nÄ›jaké vÄ›ci ?lovÄ›ka neustále ovliv?uje a své zážitky pak nepÃ…â"¢ijímá tak, jak by je pÃ…â"¢ijímal, kdyby si nevytvoÃ…â"¢il úsudek, jenž s touto vÄ›cí souvisí.

But in the end, magic is magic, and one does not explain it so easily. That is why it is magic. To the child it is natural, but as for the grown man it loses its naturalness-- so as old men we see a different reality. And when we dream it is usually for a lost childhood, or trying to change someone, and that is not good. So, in the end, I accept reality-

I wonder what the years have gathered in the bags. I bet it's like looking through old trunks, old letters and photographs, an old shoe or two.

Oh, where is the innocence I must never lose? ~Antonio

Ultima said to take life's experiences and build strength from them, not weakness.

I think most of the things we call evil are not evil at all; it is just that we don't understand those things and so we call them evil. And we fear evil only because we do not understand it. - Gabriel Marez

There are so many dreams to be fulfilled, but Ultima says a man's destiny must unfold itself like a flower, with only the sun and the earth and water making it blossom, and no one else meddling in it

When young lips have drunk deep of the bitter waters of hate, suspicion and despair, all the love in the world will not wholly take away that knowledge. Though it may turn darkened eyes for a while to the light, and teach faith where no faith was.

If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.

Asia is not going to be civilised after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.

How can you do anything until you have seen everything,or as much as you can?