Quotes About Wisdom

In the face of all the uncertainties that surround any decision, the wise man acts in the light of his best judgment illumined by the integrity of his profoundest spiritual insights. Then the rest is in the hands of the future and in the mind of God. The possibility of error, of profound and terrible error, is at once the height and the depth of man's freedom. For this, God be praised!

Again and again, I am aware that the Light not only illumines but it also burns .

It is good to make an end of movement, to come to a point of rest, a place of pause. There is some strange magic in activity, in keeping at it, in continuing to be involved in many things that excite the mind and keep the hours swiftly passing. But it is a deadly magic; one is not wise to trust it with too much confidence. The moment of pause, the point of rest, has its own magic.

Marvelous, marvelous! All sentient beings have the Tathagata's wisdom and virtue, but they fail to realize it because they cling to deluded thoughts and attachments.

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

I learned more about economics from one South Dakota dust storm than I did in all my years in college.

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

Het leven is niet mogelijk zonder het leergeld van de ontgoocheling.

Evren'in gözünde biz küçücük ve önemsiz k?v?lc?mlardan ba?ka bir ?ey de?iliz. Ke?ke bunu unutmama bilgeli?ini gösterebilseydik..

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5,6

But I knew that someday I was going to die. And just before I died two things would happen; Number 1: I would regret my entire life. Number 2: I would want to live my life over again.

Life is more than meat, and it is also more than theory.

True, this golden friendship is not a common thing to be picked up in the street. It would not be worth much if it were. Like wisdom it must be sought for as for hid treasures, and to keep it demands care and thought.

It is not true that people learn nothing from history: they are marvellous at learning the wrong lessons.

If there's one thing I know, it's that God does love a good joke.

Just because you love someone doesnt mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds.

Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred.

The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it.

I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

All wisdom is plagiarism; only stupidiy is original.