Quotes About Wisdom

Ada diajarkan oleh kaum brahmana: orang kaya terkesan pongah di mata si miskin, orang bijaksana terkesan angkuh di mata si dungu, orang gagah-berani terkesan dewa di mata si pengecut, juga sebaliknya Kakanda, orang miskin tak berkesan apa-apa pada si kaya, orang dungu terkesan mengibakan pada si bijaksana, orang pengecut terkesan hina pada si gagah-berani. Tetapi semua kesan itu salah. Orang harus mengenal mereka lebih dahulu.

Senjata lebih berarti di tangan orang sebodoh-bodohnya dari pada keterpelajaran dari tubuh tanpa pelindung.

Pranab Mukherjee

The Unfinished Memoirs,

Good things not spoke but bad things many spokes...but good things more than powerful silent.

Past is something which can't be changed so it is worthless to cry and regret about it. We all make mistakes in life so it is better to learn from our mistakes in past rather then being stuck in them. Guilt should be progressive so that it reminds us of our wrongdoing and promote us to never repeat it. Learnings from past could help us to make our present positive and prosperous.

India is known for its sobriety and wisdom, balanced and sensible thinking. We need strong institutions and we need good governance in the country.

human beings are the only creatures conscious of our innate consciousness; we are the only creatures who know that we know.

Philosophy is the child of sorrow

There is a great lamp within you, and the rays of that lamp are your life. In these little lamps outside, the wick burns oil and then burns out. The lamp within does not burn anything, but gives bliss.

The more you read, the more you know. The more you know, the smarter you grow. The smarter you grow, the stronger your voice, when speaking your mind, or making your choice.

A country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak or a powerful one too powerful.

A country is considered the more civilised the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak and a powerful one too powerful.

What if half the things ever said / Turned out to be a lie / How will you know the truth / If you were given all the answers / And you stopped to wonder why...

The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open it at random and, having found something that interests you, close the book and meditate.

The best thing to do with a degree is to forget it. (at the University of Salford)

Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay.

I always remember having a healthy respect for my grandmother.

They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think.

Lord, please do this ... or do something better!

Surely, the gods' judgment is certain. But as for us, we must be satisfied to 'come close' to those things, for we are men, who speak according to what is likely, and whose lectures resemble fables.

Look not upon nature, for her name is fatal.- Proc. in Plat. Th. 143

All trends and tendencies will bow before incisive minds.

Baffle them with your silence! Shock them with your philosophy.