Wisdom Quotes - Page 36

You can't tell how good a man or a watermelon is 'til they get thumped.

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.

If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem

Wisdom is not in words; Wisdom is meaning within words.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things

Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and wisdom of God except by first entering the thicket of much suffering, in such a way that the soul finds there its consolation and desire. The soul that longs for divine wisdom chooses first, and in truth, to enter the thicket of the cross.

[When questioned on his longevity] First of all, I selected my ancestors very wisely. ... They were long-lived, healthy people. Then, as a chemist, I know how to eat, how to exercise, keep my blood circulating. ... I don't worry. I don't get angry at people. I don't worry about things I can't help. I do what I can to make the world a better place to live, but I don't complain if things aren't right. As a scientist I take the world as I find it.

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.

When we consider what, to use the words of the catechism, is the chief end of man, and what are the true necessaries and means of life, it appears as if men had deliberately chosen the common mode of living because they preferred it to any other. Yet they honestly think there is no choice left.

You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.

When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.

There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.

Years teach us more than books.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.

The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.

Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

Love is how it feels to recognize our essential unity. Awakening to oneness is the experience of Big Love. Knowing you are one with all, you find yourself in love with all.