Quotes About Wisdom

It is true that living offers us the answers a long time before the questions.

Înainte de a combate moartea, trebuie s? înve?i s? tr?ie?ti.

Drumurile în?elepciunii sunt marcate de curajul de a fi ?i for?a de a se putea confrunta cu am?r?ciunile neîn?elegerii ?i uneori ale solitudinii. Cel care le întâlne?te, care accept? s? le str?bat?, care se aventureaz? spre necunoscut, spre ira?ional, nu ?tie niciodat? ce va descoperi la cap?t, astfel încât va trebui s? accepte s? se iubeasc? pentru a putea fi un bun tovar?? pentru el însu?i.

Time works for those who place themselves beyond time.

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

A learned person among ignorant people, is like a live person among the dead.

My words are the words of my father, and the words of my father are the words of my grandfather, and the words of my grandfather are the words of my great-grandfathers - Hasan and Husayn; and their words are the words of Ali, and the words of Ali are the words of the Prophet of Allah; and the words of the Prophet are the words of Allah.

Seek Knowledge and adorn it with forbearance and dignity. Be humble to those whom you teach and to those from whom you learn. Don't be tyrannical in your teaching conduct, for you will forfeit that to which you are entitled to (the reward) on account of it.

Precision, accuracy and pondering in wisdom and sciences, will nourish and develop a person's brain.

There are two kinds of scholars: those who act on their knowledge, these are the saved ones; and those who do not put into practise what they know, these are led to their downfall.

The person who associates with scholars, will have his reputation exalted.

It makes no sense at all if people consider the one who lacks knowledge and science as a prosperous person.

Being cheerful and affable with people is by itself half of wisdom.

Everything has its tax and the tax of knowledge is to teach its people.

Write knowledge since you cant memorize unless with writing. Heart confides to written.

Confusion is a good state to be in. It means you are looking, constantly looking. People ask me, "Why do you confuse us like this?" I want you to understand, if you can be confused by anybody, it means you do not know. If you are fanatical, you cannot be confused. Or if you are realized, you cannot be confused. Between ignorance and enlightenment is a very thin line. But they are worlds apart.

I learned to create a little more space between my thoughts and actions—actually between my feelings and reactions. This is extremely important; without it, life can be a real roller coaster ride.

Only if you know to what extent your logic should go and where it should not go, your life will be beautiful.

There is only one calamity: ignorance. And there is only one solution: enlightenment.

The whole art of being a Guru is just this: to constantly puncture people's egos and still manage to remain their friend.

Even if I say something, do not believe this nonsense, but do not disbelieve it either. Just see, "Someone is willing to sit in front of so many people and talk absolute nonsense, something that is totally absurd. Let me see what this is about." If you keep that much openness, the possibility is alive in your life. If you believe it, you will kill it. If you disbelieve it, you will kill it.

I am not here to speak the Truth. I am here just to give you a method to perceive it.

How can you become old in spirit? Only by carrying the past, isn't it? If you carry sixty years of burden with you, you're sixty years old. If you don't carry anything, you're like a newborn. The physical body may develop limitations, but the way you are has no limitations. It simply has no limitations. You are this many years old or that many years old simply because you carry that many years of garbage with you.

So the whole process of spirituality is just about enhancing your perception.