Wisdom Quotes - Page 7

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Beware of greed and remain pure and just. Restrain yourself from every vice. He who cannot restrain himself, how will he be able to teach others restraint?

Let me tell you how to love all equally. Do not demand anything of those you love. If you make demands, some will give you more and some less. In that case you will love more those who give you more and less those who give you less. Thus your love will not be the same for all. You will not be able to love all impartially.

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.

Your nafs (soul/desires) is your first battlefield. If you are victorious over it, then you will find the other battlefields easier.

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.

Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.

Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

It is risky to order a boy not to do something; it immediately opens to him the adventure of doing it.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners.

We need spirited, energetic and strong young people whose hearts are filled with life, enthusiasm, zeal and dynamism; whose souls are full of ambition, aspiration and vigor and have great goals, rising and aspiring to reach them until they eventually arrive at their destination.

We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!

Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

I seek forgiveness from Allah for the lack of my sincerity when I say I seek the forgiveness of Allah

The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!

We hear a constant clamor for rights, rights, always rights, but so very little about responsibility. And we have forgotten God. The need now is for selflessness, for a spirit of sacrifice, for a willingness to put aside personal gains for the salvation of the whole Western world.

Put aside your pride, Set down your arrogance, And remember your grave.

You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history