Wisdom Quotes - Page 144

And however dark the skies may appear, And however souls may blunder, I tell you it all will work out clear, For good lies over and under.

High in the heavens I saw the moon this morning, Albeit the sun shone bright; Unto my soul it spoke, in voice of warning, "Remember Night!"

There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him.

Wisdom may be perennial, but to see its relevance we must see it lived out.

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.

With wisdom fraught; not such as books, but such as practice taught.

The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it, and that which tends the most to the perpetuation of society itself.

The mind sees the world as a thing apart, And the soul makes the world at one with itself. A mirror scratched reflects no image— And this is the silence of wisdom.

The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.

No man is smart, except by comparison to those who know less

He thus reaps the full fruits which result from his toil and labors with the incentive of free enterprise to maximize his effort to achieve increasing production. Representing over a half of Japan's total population, the agriculture workers have become an invincible barrier against the advance of socialistic ideas which would relegate all to the indignity of state servitude.

Solitude is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it.

In order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it. This doesn't mean you give up your intention to create your desire...and you don't give up the desire. You give up your attachment to the result.

We may go to church once a week, but our Christian life is daily - step-by-step.

..all arguments concerning existence are founded on the relation of cause and effect; that our knowledge of that relation is derived entirely from experience; and all our experimental conclusions proceed upon the supposition that the future will be conformable to the past. .... Without the influence of custom, we should be entirely ignorant of every matter of fact beyond what is immediately present to the memory and senses.

Empathy makes you more aware of other people's suffering, but it's not clear it actually motivates you to take moral action or prevents you from taking immoral action.

Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth *and* fresher breath.

Power naturally and necessarily follows property.

I am a steadfast follower of the doctrine of non-violence which was first preached by Lord Buddha, whose divine wisdom is absolute.

At a fundamental level, as human beings, we are all the same; each one of us aspires to happiness and each one of us does not wish to suffer. This is why, whenever I have the opportunity, I try to draw people's attention to what as members of the human family we have in common and the deeply interconnected nature of our existence and welfare.

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.

All the words of wisdom sound the same.