Wisdom Quotes - Page 66

The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can make them fear the means of grace the way they do not fear sin. And he does so, not by light but by obscurity, not by realities but by shadows; not by clarity and substance, but by dreams and the creatures of psychosis. And men are so poor in intellect that a few cold chills down their spine will be enough to keep them from ever finding out the truth about anything.

God, Who is everywhere, never leaves us. Yet He seems sometimes to be present, sometimes to be absent. If we do not know Him well, we do not realize that He may be more present to us when He is absent than when He is present.

The dignity to be sought in death is the appreciation by others of what one has been in life,... that proceeds from a life well lived and from the acceptance of one's own death as a necessary process of nature.... It is also the recognition that the real event taking place at the end of our life is our death, not the attempts to prevent it.

The best cure for anger is delay.

If popular medicine gave the people wisdom as well as knowledge, it would be the best protection for scientific and well-trained physicians.

Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.

Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.

God never made anyone else exactly like you, and he never will again. Thank him for yourself and then for all the rest of his glorious handiwork.

Every man is a moon; he has a side no one sees.

Whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I nor the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

There is no wealth but life.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.

A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.

The only truth is music.

I know of nothing more useful to you than four matters: surrender to Allah, to humbly entreat Him, to think the best of Him, and to perpetually renew your repentance to Him, even if you should repeat as in seventy times in a day.

Character: The ability to carry out a worthy decision after the emotion of making that decision has passed. Character simply stated is doing what you said you were going to do. If you develop a reputation for that, do you have any idea the effect that has on self-perception? Its immense, just immense. The Savior was a man of character. He did everything he said he was going to do.

Intelligence is characterized by a natural incomprehension of life.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

Freedom is not overcoming what you think stands in your way. It is understanding that what is in your way is part of the way.

To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer the universe.

When awareness expands, events that seem random actually aren't. A larger purpose is trying to unfold through you. When you become aware of that purpose- which is unique for each person- you become like an architect who has been handed the blueprint.