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Wisdom Quotes
"There is no man...however wise, who has not at some period in his youth said things, or lived a life, the memory of which is so unpleasant to him that he would gladly expunge it. And yet he ought not entirely to regret it, because he cannot be certain that he has indeed become a wise man..."
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"So, if you don't summon a book and a light before dawn,If you don't set your mind on honest aims and pursuits,On waking, you'll be tortured by envy or lust.Why so quick to remove a speck from your eye, whenIf it's your mind, you put off the cure till next year?Who's started has half finished: dare to be wise: begin!"
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"Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret in the future."
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"He who speaks parables knows and understands the real meaning of parables better."
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"The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything."
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"We cannot change anything in our past."
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"The more deeper you think, the more silent you become. You understand the reasons behind the reason. It may not necessarily mean you are short of words. You however know what ignorance can trigger and how to deal with ignorance and purpose. The timeliness of your word is surely on point."
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"He who teaches you how to tend a garden has given you more than he who has given you a hundred roses."
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"There's no point in arguing with an idiot - save for exposing their stupidity in their own words."
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"It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained."
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"We can never have Knowledge (Gnan) without worship (bhakti). Such knowledge would be considered shushka-gnan [unproductive knowledge]. It cannot be considered True Knowledge."
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"If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another."
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"A good understanding is to keep the great law."
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"A hunter's meal is in proportion to his skill."
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"When you abbreviate your learning, you abbreviate your growth. Expand your knowledge and you keep growing taller and fatter than your limitations."
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"WisdomSufian said: 'The wisdom which is invisible but which sustains is a hundred times better than the appearance of wisdom, for that has itself to be sustained."
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"If you want to get understanding, keep the Word in your heart and not in your mind only."
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"Not every instance requires a response. Truth resides silently in the seat of power."
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"The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it."
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"A man can't be always defending the truth, there must be a time to feed on it."
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"Resistance is the subtlest form of attachment."
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"Caution is the eldest child of wisdom."
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"You are intelligent if you know what you do not know."
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"The more deeper you think, the more silence you become. You understand the reasons behind the reason. It may not necessarily mean you are short of words. You however know what ignorance can trigger and how to deal with ignorance and purpose. The timeliness of your word is surely on point."
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"The only side God chooses is one of commonsense. If it doesn't make sense, it is not God."
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"Lies don't end relationships the truth does."
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"Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom."
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"When you give your weakness permission to be because you understand that it is simply an expression of your strength, it tends to no longer be a weakness."
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"You may not understand issues that do not pertain to the heart, but be a master in areas that do. Nobody knows everything, and nobody can be a master of everything. Nobody was created perfect, and nobody should be measured according to perfection. It is the weight of your heart that matters the most in the end. All else is irrelevant."
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"Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper."
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"Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid."
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"Forgiveness is remembering the truth of who you are."
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