Quotes About Wisdom

Wisdom sees that the Many is One, and Compassion sees that the One is the Many. Or in the East: Prajna sees that Form is Emptiness, Karuna sees that Emptiness is Form.

that which one can deviate from is not the true Tao.

A new perspective was dawning on me. As a crass young bird-lister, I might have said: a trip to the Tortugas is good, because it adds species to the total. But a better viewpoint would be: working on a list is good, because it gives me an excuse to come to the Tortugas. After this Big Year was over, I hoped, I would be wise enough to come back to this place for its own sake.

Size is no guarantee of power.

The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below

One who scorns the power of intuition will never rise above the ranks of journeyman calculator.

Political power intoxicates the best hearts. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with much political power.

We've created the almost godly power of being able to alter the climate, to change the face of the earth, now we need to develop the consciousness of gods, and wield that power wisely

I definitely believe in the power of education. I believe the more people know, the more they are able to do what they can.

Ipsa scientia potestas est. (Knowledge itself is power.)

The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

There is nothing at all that can be talked about adequately, and the whole art of poetry is to say what can't be said.

In the New Year, you carry all the experiences of the past years and that is the greatest power of every New Year! This year again, you are less student and more master!

The Spirit is the first power we practically experience, but the last power we come to understand.

The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.

In Shankaracharya we saw tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.

He who is too much afraid of being duped has lost the power of being magnanimous.

If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.

On him who wields power gently, the god looks favorably from afar.