Quotes About Wisdom

While superstition hates all things, wisdom, with its deeper understanding, loves all things; for it has seen the beauty, the tenderness, and the sweetness which underlie Life's mystery.

The shrines of Masonry are ornamented by the jewels of a thousand ages; its rituals ring with the words of enlightened seers and illuminated sages. A hundred religions have brought their gifts of wisdom to its altar. It is more than a faith; it is a path of certainty. It is more than belief; it is fact.

Wisdom is given to no man until he asks for it, for in Nature every creature is accorded the privilege of unfolding its own destiny

If the infinite had not desired man to be wise, he would not have bestowed upon him the faculty of knowing.

We can only escape from the world by outgrowing the world. Death may take man out of the world but only wisdom can take the world out of the man. As long as the human being is obsessed by worldliness, he will suffer from the Karmic consequences of false allegiances. When however, worldliness is transmuted into Spiritual Integrity he is free, even though he still dwells physically among worldly things.

Though the modern world may know a million secrets, the ancient world knew one - and that was greater than the million; for the million secrets breed death, disaster, sorrow, selfishness, lust, and avarice, but the one secret confers life, light, and truth.

Esoterically, the Hanged Man is the human spirit which is suspended from heaven by a single thread. Wisdom, not death, is the reward for this voluntary sacrifice during which the human soul, suspended above the world of illusion, and meditating upon its unreality, is rewarded by the achievement of self-realization.

Man i s given by Nature, a gift, and that gift is the privilege of labor. Through labor he learns all things.

Intelligence is built on deception. Trust nothing. Not even the mirror.

Christ died to free us from the burden of our sin, but he never, so far as [Sister Philomena:] could see, lifted a finger to free us from our stupidity

Let a man accept with confidence valuable knowledge even from a person of low degree, good instruction regarding duty even from a humble man, and a jewel of a wife even from an ignoble family.

The man with hoary head is not revered as aged by the gods, but only he who has true knowledge; he, though young, is old.

Piensa bien antes de actuar, habla de acuerdo con la verdad, mira por dónde caminas y filtra el agua que has de beber (Manu Smriti).

C'est sidérant ! Comment fais-tu pour lire autant et rester aussi con ? - Hé hé ! C'est là tout mon génie !

On entend souvent parler du "poids des années"... Foutaises ! Le temps nous vide !

Era, encara que no ho semblés, molt més llest que jo, perquè sempre són més llestos aquells que estan disposats a prescindir del nostre consentiment.

Nada es tan desconsolador, para un libro, como morir virgen. A mí, casi me sucedió.

Es que habría que saber aceptar las cosas como se dan, y apreciar lo bueno que te pase, aunque no dure. Porque nada es para siempre.

Do you like reading? It's the best thing that can happen to you in life. Writing has other implications.

El verdadero sentido de la educación no es la acumulación de conocimientos, sino el enseñar a pensar. La libertad que toma conciencia.

Incierto es, en verdad, lo porvenir. ¿Quién sabe lo que va a pasar? Pero incierto es también lo pretérito, ¿quién sabe lo que ha pasado?   ANTONIO MACHADO Juan de Mairena

El placer de comer] es un placer que hay que descubrir a los treinta años. Es la edad en que el ser humano deja de ser un imbécil y a cambio paga el precio de empezar a envejecer.

Doa itu gratis, jangan ke dukun. Positif thinking itu gratis, jangan ke dukun.

Os poetas são valiosíssimos aliados, cujo testemunho deve estimar-se em alto grau, pois costumam conhecer muitas coisas existentes no céu e na terra, que a nossa filosofia nem sequer suspeita. Na psicologia, sobretudo, encontram-se homens vulgares muito acima de nós, pois bebem na fonte a que não conseguimos ainda fazer chegar a ciência.