Quotes About Wisdom

Good. Show me a man who thinks that he knows what 'good' is, and I will probably be able to show you a horror of a person. Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.

The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.

Please, not again what you studied, how long you spent at it, how many books you wrote, what people thought of you - but: what did you learn?

If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!

It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.

T)ime flies like a mountain stream and who asks a question today may not hear the answer tomorrow.

It is very important what not to do.

no el mucho saber harta y satisface al ánima, mas el sentir y gusta de las cosas internamente.

Quién conoce el bien?. le preguntaron a Dante y él respondió: sólo quien conoce el mal.

Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.

Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.

that stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it gets I wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind

don't hesitate get laid that's wisdom sitting around chanting what crap

the wise know nothing at all well maybe one song

I can see clouds a thousand miles away, hear ancient music in the pines.

Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind. A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluable treasure.

To see truth as truth, we don't need a lot of study. It's not complicated. What we need is pure observation. An open mind and fresh eyes will serve us well.

Our exclusive dependence on rational thought and language has obscured our natural ability to sense the flow of energy.

When you find the absolute values, you are important to this world because you know what is important. Those who know what is truly important are helpful to this world, because they won't put their personal concerns before what is important to all.

When we are aware that we are eternal beings, when we become enlightened to the fact that our life is something eternal that cannot be harmed by anything, then we have no attachments to the past of anxiety about the future and are able to focus on the present moment the now.

Before we ask the cosmos for the power to have all our thoughts manifest, we need to train ourselves to become more aware, or mindful, of our thoughts, and think wisely enough to use this power for the benefit of all.

I am your hope, your guide - your soul.

Everyone has it To know what it is. Take a journey deep within And open your eyes wide. Then you will see everything.