Wisdom Quotes - Page 64

Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.

I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.

It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.

My heart is so small it's almost invisible. How can You place such big sorrows in it? "Look," He answered, "your eyes are even smaller, yet they behold the world.

The most important word in the world of money is cash flow. The second most important word is leverage.

He who wants to do good knocks at the gate: he who loves finds the door open.

The path to wisdom is not being afraid to make mistakes.

Wages is a cunning device of the devil, for the benefit of tender consciences, who would retain all the advantages of the slave system, without the expense, trouble, and odium of being slave-holders.

When students cheat on exams, it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning.

The real struggle between an American government and the people was one of power, which was settled when they designed their Constitution, which conceded the sovereignty of the people when it came to politics, and the sovereignty of the consumer when it came to economics.

Wisdom requires no form; her beauty must vary, as varies the beauty of flame. She is no motionless goddess, for ever couched on her throne.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

A critical knowledge of the evolution of the idea of property would embody, in some respects, the most remarkable portion of the mental history of mankind.

Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.

Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes.

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

There's nothing you can do that's more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth.

It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods.

I realized these were all the snapshots which our children would look at someday with wonder, thinking their parents had lived smooth, well-ordered lives and got up in the morning to walk proudly on the sidewalks of life, never dreaming the raggedy madness and riot of our actual lives, our actual night, the hell of it, the senseless emptiness.

Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

History repeats itself.

Trusting yourself is realizing yourself. Trusting life is realizing yourself as life. This is an invitation to our thinking minds to open in trust. We can trust that there is a knowing that is out of the realm of thoughts or emotions or circumstances. When we deeply trust, our minds open to discover what is true, regardless of what we are feeling. The deepest trust is a by-product of this true realization.