Wisdom Quotes - Page 72

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

If we want to awaken, we don't need to eradicate the ego, we simply need to be conscious of the deeper self as well.

The ego is the separate self through which the universal self can experience the adventure of living.

Although we seem to be separate individuals, in reality we are all expressions of one primal imagination. We assume we are many, but in fact we are one. And what we do to each other we do to ourselves.

People do change - individuals, families, nations - and the pace of transformation need not be geological.

Socialism is a dead horse.

I believe we are going to have to prepare ourselves for the difficult and patient task of outgrowing rigid and intransigent nationalism, and work slowly towards a world federation of peaceful nations. How will this be possible? Don't ask me. I don't know. But unless we develop a moral, spiritual, and political wisdom that is proportionate to our technological skill, our skill may end us.

Life's too short to sit around and wait.

I ask you what is the taste of your mouth all you can do is to say: it is neither sweet nor bitter, nor sour nor astringent; it is what remains when all these tastes are not. Similarly, when all distinctions and reactions are no more, what remains is reality, simple and solid.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.

He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.

The knowledge and experience which produce wisdom can only become a man's individual possession and property by his own free action; and it is as futile to expect these without laborious, painstaking effort, as it is to hope to gather a harvest where the seed has not been sown.

In their seeking, wisdom and madness are one and the same. On the path of love, friend and stranger are one and the same.

Since you are not a prophet, follow the way taught by prophets. Since you are not a king, be a loyal subject to The King. Since you are not a captain, do not take the helm of the ship. Since you do not possess every skill, have partners in your business. Be as pliant as dough in the hands of others, that you may rise well.

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.

A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes he is no longer indispensable.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

I can do nothing for you but work on myself...you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!

There is only one revolution tolerable to all men, all societies, all political systems: Revolution by design and invention.

If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.

Those who influenced me the most are not those who pointed out all my faults, but those who knew God was bigger than my shortcomings. Those who influenced me the most didn't just point a finger, they held out a helping hand.

It's never too late to change the programming imprinted in childhood, carried in our genes or derived from previous lives; the solution is mindfulness in the present moment.

I came to set fire to the earth. And I am watchful that the fire grow. May the fire of love grow in our hearts. May the fire of transformation glow in our movements. May the fire of purification burn away our sins. May the fire of justice guide our steps. May the fire of wisdom illuminate our paths. May the fire that spreads over the Earth never be extinguished.