Quotes About Wisdom

Enlightenment is simply sanity~ the sanity in which I see my real situation in the living fabric of all that exists.

If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.

Every happening is a lesson, a message.

Wherever we are and whatever we are doing, it is possible to learn something that can enrich our lives and the lives of others... No one's education is ever complete.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

How do I know about the world? By what is within me.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.

Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never peril.

Knower of the means makes impossible tasks also possible.

There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.

Put the kids in with a few old pappy guys who still like to win and the combination is unbeatable.

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

The more you mature, you realize that this imperfections make your more beautiful.

Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose.

Our youth we can have but to-day, We may always find time to grow old.

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.

It is a great pleasure to transport one's-self into the spirit of the times; to see how a wise man has thought before us, and to what a glorious height we have at last carried it.

With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.

Chance generally favors the prudent.

Disaster comes only because of ignorance.

Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future.