Quotes About Wisdom

There were things worth keeping and things worth letting go of, and figuring out which was which wasn't that easy." -Jane

In a sense, our darker moments and most upsetting feelings are an opportunity for spiritual growth and uncovering our natural wisdom, for waking up—if we choose to use them that way. If so, our deepest insights can emerge from working directly—with awareness—with our own difficulties.

Understanding, too, can be a form of forgiveness.

It is not things themselves that trouble us," wrote Epictetus, a first-century Greek philosopher, "but our thoughts about those things.

mindfulness creates a "wise" attention, a space of clarity that emerges when we quiet the mind. It makes us more receptive to the whispers of our innate intuitive wisdom.

The Dalai Lama advises practicing equanimity before loving-kindness as a way to take the sting out of attachment to wanting things to be a certain way.

The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection.

Spiritual awakening is the process of recognizing our essential goodness, our natural wisdom and compassion.

This means accepting our human existence and all of life as it is. Imperfection is not our personal problem—it is a natural part of existing.

Buddhist mindfulness meditation called vipassana, which means "to see clearly

Wisdom tells me I'm nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two my life flows.

There's a prayer that comes from the Buddhist tradition, which is, 'May whatever arises serve the awakening of wisdom and compassion.

the Indian sage Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj so beautifully teaches: "Love says 'I am everything.' Wisdom says 'I am nothing.' Between these two my life flows.

Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection.

Throwing a work of art in the trash doesn't devalue the work of art. It only shows the lack of wisdom and judgement in the person who so carelessly tossed it aside. - Tara Johnson "All Through the Night

Just because it's in a book doesn't mean it isn't real.' - Great Aunt Celia

Just because it's in a book doesn't mean it isn't real.' Great Aunt Celia, The Spider Goddess.

The Founders knew that unrestrained power is always dangerous. No person or group is immune from mistakes, selfishness, and greed.

Jesus (pbuh) said, "It is of no use to you to come to know what you did not know, as long as you do not act in accordance with what you already know. Too much knowledge only increases pride if you do not act in accordance with it

We have to watch the world, and watch ourselves, with the humility of those who know, in the very depths of their being, that learning to become human is a process that never ends.

Human] wisdom is the believer's lost belonging; he is the most worthy of it wherever he finds it.

teach the heart not to give way to proud emotions and arrogant thinking; bring the mind to heart-soothing solutions that make it possible to control oneself gently and wisely.

The old antiques dealer whispers to him that the secret of freedom and happiness lies in self-control and in a marriage between knowledge, will and power.

Isn't it odd that you only become clever when it's too late?