Quotes About Wisdom

If at first you don't succeed, just study the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Like my old mentor would always say, Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice and I'll be dead.'' Okay, she wasn't a good poet, but that lady could handle her whiskey.

Truth, said the Master, cannot be hid But he didn't say slap it in the face of my kids.

You gotta be careful: don't say a word to nobody about nothing anytime ever.

Growing old is unavoidable, but never growing up is possible. I believe you can retain certain things from your childhood if you protect them - certain traits, certain places where you don't let the world go.

Eg forstår så lite. Og etter som åra går, så forstår eg mindre og mindre. Det er sant. Men også det motsette er sant, at eg etter som åra går, forstår meir og meir. Ja, det er også sant at eg etter som åra går, forstår veldig mykje, nesten skremmande mykje. Eg kan nesten bli matt av kor lite eg forstår og nesten bli skremd av kor mykje eg forstår.

She'd never known a book lover to grow up to cause trouble.

Close the book. Read the title. Read the title again. Nuff said.

Awareness is not the same as thinking. It is a complementary form of intelligence, a way of knowing that is at least as wonderful and as powerful, if not more so, than thinking.

By grounding yourself in mindfulness early in the morning, you are reminding yourself that things are always changing, that good and bad things come and go, and that it is possible to embody a perspective of of constancy, wisdom, and inner peace as you face any conditions that present themselves.

Socrates was famous in Athens for saying, "Know thyself." It is said that one of his students said to him: "Socrates, you go around saying 'Know thyself,' but do you know yourself?" Socrates was said to have replied, "No, but I understand something about this not knowing.

If you believe in love, do you manifest it or just talk a lot? If you believe in compassion, in non-harming, in kindness, in wisdom, in generosity, in calmness, in solitude, in non-doing, in being even-handed and clear, do you manifest these qualities in your daily life? This is the level of intentionality which is required to keep your meditation practice vital

If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants. SIR ISAAC NEWTON

Embody what you most want to impart, and keep your mouth shut.

the true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." Einstein

Be a light unto yourself.

Through it all, we attempt to bring balance to the present moment, understanding that in patience lies wisdom, knowing that what will come next will be determined in large measure by how we are now.

Cierpliwo?? to rodzaj mÄ…droÅ›ci. Dowodzi, ?e rozumiemy i akceptujemy fakt, i? czasami sprawy muszÄ… siÄ™ rozwija? we wÅ'asnym tempie. Dzieci próbujÄ… czasem pomóc motylowi wydosta? siÄ™ z kokonu, rozbijajÄ…c go. Zwykle motyl nie wychodzi na tym dobrze. Ka?dy dorosÅ'y wie, ?e motyl wylatuje z kokonu, dopiero kiedy nadejdzie wÅ'aÅ›ciwy czas i nie mo?na tego przyspieszy?.

Knowing that we don't know is just as important, if not more so, than anything else we might know.

Simply put, meditation is the path to clarity, compassion, and a path of wisdom leading to the eradication of suffering.

If you let yourself be blown to and fro, you lose touch with your root. If you let restlessness move you, you lose touch with who you are. LAO-TZU, Tao-te-Ching

The whole point of this book, and of MBSR, is that there is a lot that you can do to gently, lovingly, and firmly—through non-striving and non-doing, coupled with doing when taking action with awareness is called for—influence how things unfold across the life span, tilting them in the direction of greater well-being, self-compassion, and wisdom to whatever degree possible, always unknown. HOW

We can learn to work with them, understand them, find meaning in them, make critical choices, and use their energies to grow in strength, wisdom, and compassion.

Le mot bouddha signifie celui ou celle qui s'est éveillé à sa propre nature.