Quotes About Wisdom

I am not a witch doctor, and in fact, you cannot have a witch doctor. You are either a witch or a doctor.

Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective.

We can find Nature outside us only if we have first learned to know her within us. What is akin to her within us must be our guide. This marks out our path of enquiry.

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

People usually compare the computer to the head of the human being. I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom. And data is the knowledge.

I am not afraid of making mistakes. But my mistakes were those that I could afford. That's very important: mistakes will happen but you must ensure that you keep them within limits you can afford.

Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.

But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way.

In the life of our organism, we are continually dealing with a development of force followed by a state of equilibrium. Of course, the human being has no conscious knowledge of what is really going on within him, but what takes place is so infinitely wise that the cleverness of the human ego is nothing by comparison.

Love means that everything is right with the world. Love and only love. Love means that you are content within your own heart and in the presence of the person that you love, who fills your day and makes you stronger and wiser, and gives you the confidence to go out into the world. Love is just the most beautiful, joyous feeling.

If you cannot find the truth within yourself, where else do you expect to find it?

We have become 99 percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by systematically for the proverbial rainy day which is due to come, can almost be listed among the lost arts.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say 'recognize' because you're not... it's not new.

Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.

The trick is growing up without growing old.

A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.