Quotes About Wisdom

God didn't make Eve from Adam's rib. He took out half of Adam's brain by accident.

Sufism is the essence of all religions.

Saying of the Prophet.Ink and Blood:The ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.

Sufism is, in fact, not a mystical system, not a religion, but a body of knowledge.

Were one to call your stupid ism good, well then, one would either be equally idiotic, or a fool, or no good.

I knew why earlier generations once believed that the sun circled the earth. Because, in our limited imaginations, that is how we lived our lives. -Mrs. Tuesday's Departure

Books have immortalized great minds. Books have kept ancients secrets alive. A world which least value books, least value the real essence of wisdom and least know how to preserve what is precious!

Fortunately or unfortunately, the greatest authority on matters of life is life itself.

...though the Elders are connected to the Great Spirit, they are still only elves.

The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans too.

I had the greatest respect for the authorities of my day--until I studied things for myself, and came to my own conclusions.

My mother taught me three things: respect, knowledge, search for knowledge. It's an eternal journey.

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

Even though some people give you no respect, be intelligent when you put them in check, cause when you're ignorant, you get treated that way.

Live free, child of the mist,- and with respect to knowledge we are allchildren of the mist.

I can't predict the future and I don't have respect for people who try to.

Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason.

Fate, I respect a lot. I never regret anything.

Sure education is valuable in any respect regardless of what field you are in.

A youth is to be regarded with respect.

I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect.

It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.

But who is more ignorant? The man who cannot define lightning, or the man who does not respect its awesome power?

I try my best to learn from other people's mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.