Wisdom Quotes - Page 59

When the doors of perception are cleansed, men will see things as they truly are, infinite.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

There are days when I am convinced that Heaven starts already, now, in this ordinary life just as it is, in all its incompleteness, yet, this is where Heaven starts.. see within yourself, if you can find it. I walked through the field in front of the house, lots of swallows flying, everywhere! Some very near me..it was magical. "We are already one, yet we know it not.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

The sum and substance of my teaching is this: Don't be dishonest to your vital breath; worship that only, abide in that only, accept it as yourself. And when you worship in this manner, it can lead you anywhere, to any heights- this is the quintessence of my talks.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

Walk on air against your better judgement.

Whatever pearl you seek, look for the pearl within the pearl!

Hardship may dishearten at first, but every hardship passes away. All despair is followed by hope; all darkness is followed by sunshine.

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

The object of knowledge is what exists and its function to know about reality.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

The only limitations are the ones we put on ourselves.

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

Don't let the fear of the thorn keep you from the rose.

Nine-tenths of the people are at present freeholders... The time is not distant when this country will abound with mechanics and manufacturers who will receive their bread from their employers. Will such men be the secure and faithful guardians of liberty? Give the votes to people who have no property, and they will sell them to the rich who will be able to buy them.

The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill-temper.