Quotes About Wisdom

Words are the essence of culture. Books are pure essence. They are not for women or for men, but for all of us. Without books, civilisation falls into the dark ages.

If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.

When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.

In the early ages, I believe not much thought was given to what man is and what his real functions should be, and what is the real purpose of his life.

We should draw deep into Madiba's wisdom. We should draw deep into Madiba's style of doing things in an orderly manner, in a purposeful manner, in a way where we focus.

I do have little trinkets. I'm a little bit of a hippie, so I have my wisdom rock - it goes with me; it's always in my purse, wherever I go. That's just me, being a hippie.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

I have learnt that gardens are like happiness: you cannot pursue them as an absolute thing or moment.

I understand that there's a certain energy in youth, no question, in terms of pursuing jobs. But there is wisdom in age. It's too bad that the two can't come together because I do think that people are dropped from what they're really good at too soon.

Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

Truth, also is the pursuit of it.

There is no sure-fire way to get rich quickly. In fact, the pursuit of that usually leads to ruin.

Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.

From a Hindu perspective, you are born as what you need to deal with, and if you just try and push it away, whatever it is, it's got you.

I understand them. I understand where they came from, what their lifestyle was there. But my parents didn't push us to be like them. They said do whatever you think right, but remember the important things in life.

It's hard to always listen to your dad when you get older. You want to move on, but he has the knowledge. I think he did just the right amount of pushing me but also letting me do my thing, and just making sure that I always enjoyed the game, and I'm not feeling pressured.

My mom was big on education, big on reading, so she was always pushing books on me: 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X,' like, 'Read these books.' And it was like, man, I'm learning stuff that I just can't get anywhere else.

I think that is one of the main goals of pushing forward in machine learning: having computers provide the wisdom that a human companion would be able to provide in offering advice, looking up more information when necessary and those kinds of things.

I always try to find the kids that's getting on your nerves - because your instinct let you know they pushing you out the way, you getting old. And you don't let that bother you, have fun! You ain't got to hang out with them, but you can work with them.

We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming.