Quotes About Wisdom

Confucius said, "at 15 I set my heart on learning; at 30 I firmly took my stand; at 40 I had no delusions; at 50 I knew the mandate of heavan; at 60 my ear was attuned; at 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of what was right.

You are infinite intelligence, creativity and Energy-Consciousness which gives you the power and wisdom to attain fulfillment and completion in life.

Many of the most profound discoveries were reported to have come through intuition rather than sequential analysis processed by linguistic understanding.

The essence of enlightenment … is a big understanding, which gives you a deep and wide perspective to see the world as a whole, and a capacity to accept with compassion all that is. 11/26

The ancient teaching of Tao tells us that knowing what you really are is wisdom, and living it is virtue.

It's only natural to experience times that are difficult and painful, no matter who you are. those are times when anyone would feel tempted to give up on their dream. However, if you try to avoid adversity, you'll end up succumbing to the external environment or to your own limitations. You're able to demonstrate the creative wisdom that can overcome difficulty only if you face it bravely and assertively, instead of avoiding it-and you will grow through your hardship.

Hank was half tanked, and Acuff admonished him: "You got a million-dollar voice," he told him, "and a ten-cent brain.

Vice? Virtue? It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much life. Aim above morality. As Confucius says, 'Don't simply be good. Make good things happen.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

No such thing as a stupid question

Tell me what you know. • Tell me what you don't know. • Then tell me what you think. • Always distinguish which from which.

don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.

The most influential people in my life will never show up on a Google search.

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it." Those words stayed with me.

As the saying goes, "Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

As a young man I was scornful about the supernatural but as I have got older, the sharp line that divided the credible from the incredible has tended to blur; I am aware that the whole world is slightly incredible

People are going to pull you in all directions. Where you end up is a direct result of how wise your decisions are.

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There are always choices in life. People are going to pull you in all directions. Where you end up is a direct result of how wise your decisions are.

Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself —Chinese proverb

When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear —Zen proverb

His eyes drifted leisurely back up to my face and he smiled at me appreciatively, Kelsey, when a man spends time with a beautiful woman, he needs to pace himself. I quirked my eyebrow at him and laughed. Yeah, I'm a regular marathon alright." He kissed my fingers. Exactly. A wise man never sprints…in a marathon.

The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five- year-old men more.