Wisdom Quotes - Page 150

It is not merely our own desire but the desire of Christ in His Spirit that drives us to grow in love. Those who seldom or never feel in their hearts the desire for the love of God and other men, and who do not thirst for the pure waters of desire which are poured out in us by the strong, living God, are usually those who have drunk from other rivers or have dug for themselves broken cisterns.

True happiness is not found in any other reward than that of being united with God. If I seek some other reward besides God Himself, I may get my reward but I cannot be happy.

If we live with possibilities we are exiles from the present which is given us by God to be our own, homeless and displaced in a future or a past which are not ours because they are always beyond our reach. The present is our right place, and we can lay hands on whatever it offers us.

Once you have grace," I said to him, "you are free. Without it, you cannot help doing the things you know you should not do, and that you know you don't really want to do. But once you have grace, you are free. When you are baptized, there is no power in existence that can force you to commit a sin-nothing that will be able to drive you to it against your own conscience. And if you merely will it, you will be free forever, because the strength will be given you, as much as you need, and as often as you ask, and as soon as you ask, and generally long before you ask for it, too.

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.

If we stand in the openings of the present moment, with all the length and breadth of our faculties unselfishly adjusted to what it reveals, we are in the best condition to receive what God is always ready to communicate.

The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.

Much of the discussion about socialism and individualism is entirely pointless, because of failure to agree on terminology.

Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

I'm so sick and tired of all this violence, this gun violence. And how could I speak on it - you know - being one who has advocated violence and gun violence? The only way I could do it was through a song that spoke from the heart.

Nothing is worse than extreme affliction which destroys the "I" from the outside, because after that we can no longer destroy it ourselves.

Wisdom comes to no one by chance.

Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.

What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity.

The aim of all spiritual practice is love.

The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have.

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.

Times don't change. Men do.

If wisdom was to cease throughout the world, no one would suspect himself of ignorance.

There are no lost causes because there are no gained causes.

He is like a man using a candle to look for the sun

Never be without remembrance of Him, for His remembrance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit.

A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you.

Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends upon focusing the heart.

For those who realize that everything is from God, everything is the same.