Wisdom Quotes - Page 51

The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us.

The intellect of most persons is harnessed by innumerable wants. From the spiritual point of view, such a life is the lowest type of human existence. The highest type of human existence is free from all wants and is characterised by sufficiency or contentment.

Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity which is in harmony with our true nature and allows us to taste the freshness of the present moment.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

God has bestowed upon you intelligence and knowledge. Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die out in the darkness of lust and error. For a wise man approaches with his torch to light up the path of mankind.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

We should think of those who were famous for their good deeds or their bad deeds; did their fame raise them one single degree in the sight of Allah. Did it win them a reward that they had not already won by their actions during their life?

A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.

When all mental activity around who you think you are or what you need for happiness is stopped, there is a crack in the authority of perception, in the structure of the mind. I invite you to enter through that crack. Come in through that opening. When you do, the mind is no longer filled with its latest self-definition. In that moment, there is only silence. And in that silence, it is possible to recognize absolute fulfilment: the truth of who you are.

He who doesn't sin, is the greatest sinner of all.

The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.

In the Book of Life, The answers aren't in the back.

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

I have concluded through careful empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me, keeping track of what I think about things, forgiving me when I do less than I ought. Giving me strength to shoot for more than I think I’m capable of. I believe they know everything that I do and think, and they still love me, and I’ve concluded, after careful consideration, that this person keeping score is me.

Death is the protector of life and life is the process of death.

We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the human body and keep it at the highest pitch of artificial tension, to strain every human desire to the limit and to create as many new desires and synthetic passions as possible, in order to cater to them with the products of our factories and printing presses and movie studios and all the rest.

A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

To enjoy the rainbow, first enjoy the rain.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom.

Children, old people, vagabonds laugh easily and heartily: they have nothing to lose and hope for little. In renunciation lies a delicious taste of simplicity and deep peace.