Quotes About Wisdom

my mother always said-once a man, twice a child! she explained thus:- a man will become, and act almost like an infant child, although fully grown as an adult, if and when certain diseases in life strikes him. He crumbles easily.

one thing poverty has taught me is how to be patient.because I learn that so many times,-driven by our desire to make things better with our circumstances, we often overlook the dangers of unforeseen catastrophic consequences. my beloved mother would say-tek time, run fast. jamaican proverbial wisdom.

responsibility! americans love to say-it is, what it is. I, ras cardo say:- responsibility is foresight, not hindsight. It is looking far beyond the- here and now of the consequences which will most surely flow from our actions or in-actions. We must show young people how to-look for it, embrace it, and use it by being it. This is what we should mean when we say-it is, what it is. It is something , much better when its shared.

Some may call us- old fire sticks,- but we burn hotter than the hottest flames. They may call us-old brooms- but we know all the corners. We may be called cold, but we are the cryoscopic reggae sword of the spirit of truth. I am ras cardo who created reggae.

My dad always tell me to make decisions from love and not from fear.

The soul is drawn into a lineage that anchors it in a specific current within the Material Plane. There are many lessons to be gained and many challenges to temper the soul. There is also a flowing river of consciousness from the past that empowers us with knowledge and wisdom.

Sometimes age succeeds, sometimes it fails. It depends on you.

It is useful to study different traditions in order to be free of attachment to any one way of expressing what is beyond expression. (x)

Whoever is full of wisdom is naturally compassionate; in fact we recognize that someone has gained spiritual wisdom by seeing their compassionate behavior. . . . Individuals and countries with power need to develop wisdom and compassion, for without these attributes, there is a danger that the power will be used to oppress and exploit others. (31)

Spiritual progress is when on becomes free not only of the knowledge which is inevitably from the past, but also from the need to know... and a desire to predict and control.

prajñ?nam brahman ("consciousness is Brahman").

Yes, if truth is not undergirded by love, it makes the possessor of that truth obnoxious and the truth repulsive.

I remember the time an older man asked me when I was young, "Do you know what you are doing now?" I thought it was some kind of trick question. Tell me," I said. You are building your memories," he replied, "so make them good ones.

Teaching at best beckons us to morality, but it is not in itself efficacious. Teaching is like a mirror. It can show you if your face is dirty, but it the mirror will not wash your face.

All libraries must submit to a certain order, I answered. Indeed, agreed the professor, or all will be lost. The fall of nations and empires begins with the fall of libraries.

Never underestimate a clown with a book.

May God grant us the grace to laugh at ourselves.

Rich wisdom is better even than rich soil, young Neil. Jose sees now that you grow in wisdom like a weed in manure.

I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.

If God treats you well by teaching you a disastrous lesson, you never forget it.

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories.

It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn.