Quotes About Wisdom

Keep an open mind. Only an open mind is big enough to contain the secrets of the universe.

I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.

Hay que tener cuidado con la soberbia, porque es más dañosa para el entendimiento que la ignorancia.

Above all, let's hope we never take ourselves too seriously.

Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.

The person who goes astray from God's wise guidance burdens himself with sorrows and frustrations. In fact, he ends up being a slave to his own desires.

I will live by the best I can discern today. Tomorrow I may find out I was wrong. Since I do not live by being right, I am not destroyed by being wrong.

Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear

Those who can read, and don't, are only marginally better off than those who can't.

She remembered reading somewhere that although the body ages and weakens, and the mind grows older and sometimes slower too, the human spirit never ages. When we age we may have difficulty in climbing stairs or leaping over fences, and our memories may not be quite as sharp as they were at 14, but we still feel the same inside as we felt when we were young and were just setting out on the great adventure which is life.

The young sometimes find it uncomfortable to accept that wrinkly and slightly wobbly old folk may be just as bright as they are and this is perhaps because they realise that when intelligence is added to wisdom gained through experience, the sum of the two is considerably more potent than the one alone.

These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.

Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.

Every day that you attempt to see things as they are in truth, is a supremely successful day.

tus mejores maestros son tus enemigos.

We are slaves to whatever we don't understand

Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

The true way of knowing yourself includes neither self-praise nor self-blame, but only a wise silence.

Don't think that you must involve yourself with complex intellectual philosophies. Don't try to be profound or educated. That only wears you out. Just be simple. Let everyday life be your teacher.

There is great wisdom in asking, "How can I get out of this?" There is even greater wisdom in asking, "How did I get INTO this?

The intelligent person ignores what to do. He or she concentrates on what to be. We must put first things first. To be clearminded is first. Obviously, that is the only kind of mind that makes accurate and profitable decisions.

The great master is within you.