Quotes About Wisdom

I've made mistakes in my life for sure.

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.

The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.

The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

Most people think great god will come from the skies, take away everything, and make everybody feel high. But if you know what life is worth, you will look for yours on earth.

Every damn fool thing you do in this life you pay for.

This is life and imperfection is beautiful and don't be afraid of that.

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them.

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.

Life deals you a lot lessons, some people learn from it, some people don't.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action.

Mistakes are a fact of life. If you are willing to be wrong then you have earned the right to be right.

Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.

Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.

In my opinion, better far it be To destroy vanity within my life Than to destroy my life in vanity.

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up--that growing is an ever ongoing process.

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

To go beyond samsara and nirvana, we will need the two wings of emptiness and compassion. From now on, let us use these two wings to fly fearlessly into the sky of the life to come.

My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.

The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.

The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.

~The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ~

You feel like if they just read the manual first ... If we had a manual, that is.