Quotes About Wisdom

the truth is seldom found in extremes. Central truths can be revolutionary if put to work.

Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.

I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe.

Theory is knowledge that doesn't work. Practice is when everything works and you don't know why.

Don't wish for "secrets" of the masters, either. There are none worth fooling with. They had no special mediums or paints, nor special brushes that made their work great.

Work for god, love god alone, and be wise with god. When an ordinary man puts the necessary rime and enthusiasm into meditation and prayer, he becomes a divine man.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

Who loves not Knowledge? Who shall rail Against her beauty? May she mix With men and prosper! Who shall fix Her pillars? Let her work prevail.

In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us.

Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It doesn't work, and it annoys the pig.

We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended with regret.

If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use it, it will have done its work.

Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort.

Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.

Understanding the materials I work with... gives me a deeper understanding of my place. And it's helped me make sense of the changes that are happening to me as I grow older.

As I get older, I feel better about myself because I've done a lot of spiritual work on myself and balanced myself out, and so I feel more confident about myself as a person and as a woman.

One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.

We must follow the rule: Better fewer, but better. We must follow the rule: Better get good human material in two or even three years than work in haste without hope of getting any at all.

The great difference between those who succeed and those who fail does not consist in the amount of work done by each but in the amount of intelligent work.

Why do You Send Fools To judge My Work?

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.

Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.

I am asked how to remain young, and I say 'Never, never work.' And that, of course, is the secret of it.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.