Wisdom Quotes - Page 108

What we have to be is what we are.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

Moderation in all things.

The trouble with being an activist is you end up like Eve and you get kicked out of the Garden of Eden. You know, Eve was the first person who thought for herself. And she still gets a bad rap. I named my daughter after her.

Look at people in your life as “practice.” The way you react to them allows you to see what you have to work on within yourself.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

The minute a man is convinced he is interesting, he isn't.

Proverbs contradict each other. That is the wisdom of a nation.

All religions have some truth in them, but none has the whole truth; all are created in time and finally decline and perish. Mahomed himself never pretended that the Koran was the last message of God and there would be no other. God and Truth outlast these religions and manifest themselves anew in whatever way or form the Divine Wisdom chooses.

Antiphon, as another man gets pleasure from a good horse, or a dog, or a bird, I get even more pleasure from good friends. And if I have something good, I teach it to them, and I introduce them to others who will be useful to them with respect to virtue. And together with my friends I go through the treasures of wise men of old which they left behind written in books, and we peruse them. If we see something good, we pick it out and hold it to be a great profit, if we are able to prove useful to one another.

Words are the pen of the heart, but music is the pen of the soul.

There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.

If you would judge, understand.

Become aware that you already possess all the inner wisdom, strength, and creativity needed to make your dreams come true.

We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.

Bring on those tired, labor-plagued, competition-weary companies and ESOP will breathe new life into them. They will find ESOP better than Geritol. It will revitalize what is wrong with capitalism. It will increase productivity. It will improve labor relations. It will promote economic justice. It will save the economic system. It will make our form of government and our concept of freedom prevail over those who don't agree with us.

Close both eyes to see with the other eye.

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.

The questions are always more important than the answers.

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it.

We don't pray for the land. We pray for the humans, all humans... starting with the president, Mohammed Morsi, and all officials, and for God to give everyone wisdom and responsibility to manage the affairs of this country and its people in true Egyptian spirit.

He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience. [Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.]

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Although we all possess the seeds of great love and compassion, without the light of the enlightened one's wisdom and the waters of their compassion these seeds would never spout.