Quotes About Wisdom

Jika lawanmu tidak ingin pedangnya diambil, jangan berkeras mengambilnya.

Any man who is not a communist at the age of 20 is a fool.

Luz et veritas, Light and truth

As we reach the crest of life and look at the path before us, we apprehend that the path no longer ascends but slopes downward toward decline and diminishment. From that point on, concerns about death are never far from mind.

A precept left by Lord Naoshige in his Writing on the Wall reads: Matters of Great Importance Should Be Decided Lightly. Master Ittei commented: Matters of Minor Importance Should Be Decided Seriously.

Why pray? Evidently, God likes to be asked. God certainly does not need our wisdom or our knowledge, nor even the information contained in our prayers ("your Father knows what you need before you ask him"). But by inviting us into the partnership of creation, God also invites us into relationship. God is love, said the apostle John. God does not merely have love or feel love. God is love and cannot not love. As such, God yearns for relationship with the creatures made in his image.

A God wise enough to create me and the world I live in is wise enough to watch out for me.

history is like a mirror that helps you to see through yourself.

Life is like carrying a message from the child you were to the old man you'll become, without losing it along the way.

I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I'd rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.

I don't know who first said it, but this proverb is something I believe: A lion leading a lot of sheep can defeat a sheep leading many lions. The important part is that I must decide when I am a lion and when I must be a sheep. I don't believe you are always one or the other.

My mom always told me that the one thing that people make fun of you for when you're little, will be the one thing they'll respect you for when you get older.

On ne retombe pas en enfance, on n'en sort jamais. Vieux, moi? Qu'est-ce qu'un vieillard sinon un enfant qui a pris de l'âge ou du vendre ?...

If a woman loves you, Younes, if she truly loves you, and if you have the wisdom to appreciate this great privilege, then there is no god to touch you.

Qui rêve trop oublie de vivre.

I saved my soul, replied my father For this, firstly, you should have one, old man

A quatre-vingts ans, notre avenir est derrière. Devant, il n'y a que le passé.

Oftentimes the child is the father of the man.

Only idiots think they know everything I admit that I know nothing just so I am not an idiot

A life well-lived is directly related to a Bible well-read.

It is most useful," Geshe Wangpo told Sam, "to share one's knowledge with others. Otherwise, what is the point in having it?

Buddha was once asked to describe the essence of his teachings," Rinpoche said. "Do you know what he replied? 'Abandon harmfulness. Cultivate goodness. Subdue your mind.

Serena smiled. "The historical Buddha who lived two and a half thousand years ago, Shakyamuni Buddha, he was a man. But enlightenment is a state beyond being male or female

I sometimes think the past is a dangerous place to go looking for happiness," said the Indian man sitting next to Serena.