Quotes About Wisdom

Prophet (PBUH) considered the ink of a scholar to be holier than the blood of a martyr.

Egzakt fogalmat nem birván az elme, Ti mégis mindig ezt keresitek Önátkotokra, büszke emberek.

Many of our problems in US maternity care stem from the fact that we leave no room for recognizing when nature is smarter than we are.

What I love about stories the most is the power they have to teach us of possibilities that might not occur to us without them.

Righteousness, according to Mencius, is a straight and narrow path which a man ought to take to regain the lost paradise.

I ask, Lord, for daily bread, but not for wealth, lest I forget the poor. I ask for strength, but not for power, lest I despise the meek. I ask for wisdom, but not for learning, lest I condemn the simple. I ask for a clean name, but not for fame, lest I condemn the lowly. I ask for peace of mind, but not for idle hours, lest I fail to hearken to the call of duty.

To bear what you think you cannot bear is really to bear." The great Iyéyasu left to posterity a few maxims, among which are the following: "The life of man is like going a long distance with a heavy load upon the shoulders. Haste not." .

and this Socratic doctrine found its greatest exponent in the Chinese philosopher Wan Yang Ming, who never wearies of repeating, "To know and to act are one and the same.

The tripod that supported the framework of Bushido was said to be Chi, Jin, Yu, respectively Wisdom, Benevolence, and Courage.

Intellectual superiority was, of course, esteemed; but the word Chi, which was employed to denote intellectuality, meant wisdom in the first instance and placed knowledge only in a very subordinate place. The tripod that supported the framework of Bushido was said to be Chi, Jin, Yu, respectively Wisdom, Benevolence, and Courage. A samurai was essentially a man of action

Learning without thought," said Confucius, "is labor lost: thought without learning is perilous." When character and not intelligence, when the soul and not the head, is chosen by a teacher for the material to work upon and to develop, his vocation partakes of a sacred character. "It is the parent who has borne me: it is the teacher who makes me man.

Had not in hours of peace, It learned to lightly look on life.

Only Fools made the sound

If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile

Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe.

This history of wanting, Mahabat," Sharif said slowly. "I have learned this much. It is better to want than to have a desire fulfilled. Once it is . . . it has little importance. So it will be for the Emperor.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." – Soren Kierkegaard

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~ Buddha

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality." —Alexis Carrel

I'm not 40, I'm 18 with 22 years of experience." ? Unknown

until we can identify the root cause of our actions, we are doomed to make some version of the same mistakes again and again.

Four things come not back: The spoken word, The sped arrow, The past life, The neglected opportunity. – Arabian Proverb

If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. " ?Michael Crichton

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.