Quotes About Wisdom

suffisance est l'apanage du sot

la suffisance est l'apanage du sot, l'humilité est la vertu de celui qui mesure tout ce qui lui reste à apprendre et le chemin qu'il doit encore parcourir.

Happiness is a skill, a manner of being, but skills must be learned. As the Persian proverb has it: "Patience turns the mulberry leaf into satin.

Que el precioso Pensamiento del Despertar nazca en mí, si no lo he concebido. Y que, cuando haya nacido, nunca decline, sino que siempre siga desarrollándose. Voto de Bodhisattva

N'importe qui peut se mettre en colère. C'est facile. Mais se mettre en colère avec la bonne personne, au bon degré, au bon moment, pour la bonne raison et de la bonne façon Ã¢â'¬â€œ cela n'est pas facile11.

le bouddhisme en appelle à une pratique de transformation personnelle pour que l'agent moral grandisse en sagesse, ce qui lui permet d'adopter une motivation plus altruiste et de bénéficier d'une clarté d'esprit accrue pour affiner son jugement.

Celui qui a pénétré le sens de la vie ne se donne plus de peine pour ce qui ne contribue pas à la vie.

How should I lead my life? How should I live in society? What is knowable?

Le véritable renonçant est parfaitement sain d'esprit et bien informé de ce qui se passe autour de lui. Il ne fuit pas le monde parce qu'il est incapable de le gérer, mais se désintéresse des préoccupations futiles parce qu'il en voit les inconvénients.

Buddhism affirms that the ultimate nature of phenomena is emptiness and that emptiness carries within it an infinite potential of manifestation.

Si piensa que todo es perfecto en su vida, o bien es usted un buda, o bien es completamente idiota.

Unraveling proverbs is a suitable puzzle for an old man. I put pieces in order and build up a kind of Utopian castle.

Books of quotation are not only of importance to the reader for what they contain of matured thought, but also for what they suggest. Our brains receive the spark and become luminous, like inflammable material by the contact of flint and steel.

I was born with a reading list, I will never finish.

The older I get the more mixed up life seems. When you're little, it's all so plain. It's all laid out like a game ready to play. You think you know exactly how it's going to go. But things happen...

A house with nothing old in it seems - unseasoned.

Age is so misleading--you are the same on the inside as ever, only your outsides are different. Or, perhaps you have changed, but it is not like the younger self goes away--you just go on adding layers to the onion. [Édouard Manet]

The idea that old men become peaceful or philosophical--what shit. One learns to endure, that is all. [Édouard Manet]

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

All the money, all the power—none of it compares to a good book. A book gives you everything. It gives you a window into other souls, other worlds. The world is a door. Books are the key.

God has a most wicked sense of humor.

John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.

Muista poika, että tämän päivän kapinallinen on huomispäivän pieru

Totul trece, de fapt, atât de repede È™i, pe m?sur? ce înaint?m în vârst?, descoperim c? toate au o importan?? mult mai mic? decât consideram noi la început... iar la cap?t, È™tim c? ne aÈ™teapt? odihna È™i somnul, È™i nimeni nu ne va deÈ™tepta.