Quotes About Wisdom

The world in which we live is no more real than a moon beam reflected in water drawn from the palm of the hand...

Kinder hearts are stronger, her mother had once

A piece of advice his father had given him surfaced in Edgar's mind. Sometimes, he had said, it's better just to keep quiet and think with your heart.

I think Mr. Robert Frost has a little too much time on his hands.

Sharon Creech

Gramps said, 'How about a story? Spin us a yarn.

Whilst stupidity may indeed be a sin, it is also possible to be too clever. I sometimes fear, John, that you are too clever by half.

There are secret sins and found-out sins, and it is foolish to worry about the first until it becomes the second.

when a man fell into a deep hole, it was usually a good idea to stop digging.

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly

Llewelyn smiled. "We have a saying amongst my people: Eilfam modryb dda; a good aunt is a second mother.

That may be infidel wisdom, but it is wisdom all the same.

A man just realizing the fatal extent of his own folly was not likely to be all that rational.

Mayhap not, but a king ought to be far-sighted enough to realize that if reforms are inevitable, better he be the one to carry them out.

Every time you get the world by the tail, she thought, you gotta remember there's teeth on the other end.

We can only speak the truth that we know at the time it is known.

Who is old enough to ask, is old enough to know.

Youth is a circumstance that time corrects, and error teaches us to err again along a different vector.

Words fall out of the sky like leaves, girl. Grab a couple and write 'em down.

You may have heard the old story, usually attributed to a Native American elder, meant to illuminate the power of attention. A grandfather (occasionally it's a grandmother) imparting a life lesson to his grandson tells him, I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is vengeful, fearful, envious, resentful, deceitful. The other wolf is loving, compassionate, generous, truthful, and serene. The grandson asks which wolf will win the fight. The grandfather answers, The one I feed.

Can you revise your perceptions to see the world in terms of suffering and the end of suffering, instead of good and bad? To see the world in terms of suffering and the end of suffering is Buddha-mind, and will lead us away from righteousness and anger. Get in touch with your own Buddha-mind, and you will uncover a healing force of compassion.

We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.

When we learn to respond to disappointments with acceptance, we give ourselves the space to realize that all our experiences—good and bad alike—are opportunities to learn and grow.

Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.