Quotes About Wisdom

The essence of greatness is the ability to choose personal fulfillment in circumstances where others choose madness.

Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves.

Inside of us is a place that is all-knowing, all mighty, which is a fragment of God. Nourishing, healing elements with in us. There is a spark in each one of us.

Our lives are greatly enriched when we immerse ourselves in literature and spiritual writing, not because we are going to be tested but purely for the sake of enrichment.

The things we love we have to learn to leave alone.

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

Remember those three magic words: You are God.

Do the Tao Now Spend an hour, a day, a week, or a month practicing not giving unsolicited advice. Stop yourself for an instant and call upon your silent knowing. Ask a question, rather than giving advice or citing an example from your life, and then just listen to yourself and the other person. As Lao-tzu would like you to know, that's "the highest state of man.

Have you lived 75 years, or have you lived one year 75 times?

Just as we're all students throughout life, we're all teachers.

If you follow the herd, you'll end up stepping in shit." The shit I refer to is living with yourself when you ignore what you know to be right and true and instead follow the "offal" instructions of others who are afraid to leave the herd and want you to be just like everybody else.

The More I Read,The More I Get Enlightened About Life..

when you learn to trust in yourself, you are actually trusting in the very wisdom that created you.

Even if you're older, wiser, and richer than others and have more influence and power than they do, never assume that you know what's best for anyone.

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you know nothing about

Quit accumulating points for being right!

I've often cited the Buddhist proverb "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear." Although it is not always evident at the time, all of our experiences in this life, even those that are painful, have a true and necessary purpose in our soul's journey.

When you have a choice to be right or to be kind, always pick kind. Living from your highest spiritual sense is the essence of what it means to be a self-actualized person.

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." — ALBERT EINSTEIN

Let go of your ego's need to be right.

live in the highest state of silent knowing, that place deep within you that can't be communicated to any other.

If you agree too easily, you will be little trusted; because the sage always confronts difficulties, he never experiences them.

Use fewer words; commit yourself to long periods of listening; and eliminate giving advice, meddling, and participating in gossip.