Wisdom Quotes - Page 61

Wisdom is knowing how little we know.

A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.

Eventhough you are not equipped, keep searching: equipment isn't necessary on the way to the Lord. Whoever you see engaged in search, become her friend and cast your head in front of her, for choosing to be a neighbour of seekers, you become one yourself; protected by conquerors, you will yourself learn to conquer. If an ant seeks the rank of Solomon, don't smile contemptuously upon its quest. And of all your skills, and wealth and handicraft, Weren't they first merely a thought and a quest?

All creatures, day and night, make manifestation of Allah. Some of them know what they are doing and are aware of their manifesting, while others are unaware. However it may be, Allah's manifestation is confirmed.

A man carries out suggestions the more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.

Communication is the solvent of all problems and is the foundation for personal development.

But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere.

It is indeed surprising that a man inspite of his belief in the Fire of Jahannum is still able to laugh, and inspite of his belief in Maut he is able to be happy. Inspite of believing in the Reckoning, he commits evil deeds. Inspite of believing in Taqdeer, he grieves. Inspite of observing the world with its changes, he feels contented with it. Inspite of believing in Jannat, he refrains from righteous deeds.

Agape means recognition of the fact that all life is interrelated. All humanity is involved in a single process, and all men are brothers. To the degree that I harm my brother, no matter what he is doing to me, to that extent I am harming myself.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

The average person is allergic to the words of wisdom.

Why are people so unkind?

Individuality is freedom lived.

For the larger interest of humanity, Islamic society presents the safest place on this planet.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

In speaking of the Energy of the field, however, I wish to be understood literally. All energy is the same as mechanical energy, whether it exists in the form of motion or in that of elasticity, or in any other form. The energy in electromagnetic phenomena is mechanical energy.

Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise - even in their own field.

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.

Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth.

I do not conceive of any reality at all as without genuine unity.

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.

I portray myself as wicked, hoping I will not be regarded as wicked. But I may be wicked in the biblical sense

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.