Quotes About Wisdom

Study the teachings of the pine tree, the bamboo, and the plum blossom. The pine is evergreen, firmly rooted, and venerable. The bamboo is strong, resilient, unbreakable. The plum blossom is hardy, fragrant, and elegant.

Never chase after opponents

Forget about your little self, detach yourself from objects, and you will radiate light and warmth. Light is wisdom; warmth is compassion

A true warrior is always armed with three things: the radiant sword of pacification; the mirror of bravery, wisdom, and friendship; and the precious jewel of enlightenment

The Art of Peace is based on the Four Great Virtues: Bravery, Wisdom, Love, and Friendship, symbolized by Fire, Heaven, Earth, and Water

Do not fail to learn from The pure voice of an Ever-flowing mountain stream Splashing over the rocks.

When you lose your desire for things that do not matter, you will be free.

Those who are enlightened never stop forging themselves.

If we can make peace with dying, we can finally make peace with living.

There is no forced retirement from aging creatively.

Later life is a special period of development, with unique limitations and opportunities. And it may be the most important phase of your life. You can change a lot in later life—if you really want to.

believe that trying to become the best person we can be, aging well, and coming to terms with our issues might be the most important and meaningful goals to strive for in later life.

He concluded one of his books with the words: "He seems to me a very foolish man and very wretched, who will not increase his understanding while he is in the world, and ever wish and long to reach that endless life where all shall be made clear.

Man's exile is ignorance; his home is knowledge," said the twelfth-century Bishop Honorius of Autun. And Saint Anselm of Canterbury: "I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe that I may understand.

me. (Sometimes it's not good to reveal everything that God tells you, unless you are prepared to go through an awful period of criticism and unbelief until it comes to pass.)

Geometry . . . is the science that it hath pleased God hitherto to bestow on mankind. —THOMAS HOBBES

It is sometimes better to be content with a small, sour apple than to eat strange fruits in an alien country.

If this were not love, then Landon was ignorant indeed. And if love were a folly, then he was content to be a fool.

Saben entendérselas con la muerte. Es la vida lo que los desconcierta.»

Primero hay que educar el corazón y después la cabeza".

Today we may face some boring task or idle conversation that feels like a complete waste of time. Perhaps next week or next year we'll understand that nothing is wasted, that in the economy of our universe even a weed is simply a flower whose use has yet to be discovered.

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.

The true way to render age vigorous is to prolong the youth of the mind.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.