Quotes About Wisdom

True wisdom is free of the dramas of culture or religion and should bring us only a sense of peace and happiness.

Our wounds ultimately give us wisdom. Our stumbling blocks inevitably become our stepping stones. And our setbacks lead us to our strengths

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth.

Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.

Sometimes one must try anything, it is no disgrace. On the contrary, it is a sign of wisdom.

Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.

Words, like tranquil waters behind a dam, can become reckless and uncontrollable torrents of destruction when released without caution and wisdom.

Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.

In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

The average person is allergic to the words of wisdom.

Just the idea that you are religious doesn't help at all. It does not help you; it does not help others. In order to really help others, you need to gain knowledge-wisdom.

Leave greatness to others. Become so small that no one can see you. This conviction results from growing devotion to the supreme reality.

Wisdom flashes like lightening amidst the clouds of the inner sky; one has to foster the flash, and preserve the light. That is the true sign of the 'educated' person.

It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.

Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight.

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else." "I know. An overwhelming passion for it." "No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.

When we learn to eat properly we begin to rebuild our bodies and to fulfill our purpose on this planet to grow in health, creativity, wisdom, and compassion.

Wisdom is the capacity to see things from God's viewpoint.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.