Words Of Wisdom Quotes - Page 5

.... we are a part of nature as a whole, whose order we follow.

There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.

We have to treat others as part of who we are, rather than as a 'them' with whom we are in constant competition.

...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.

Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.

Men have singled out women of outstanding merit and put them on a pedestal to avoid recognizing the capabilities of all women.

Therefore, we know about God that He loves and shows pity on His creatures, and also that He is the source of wisdom and knows how to govern everything concerning us. Nothing is impossible for Him, but everything is subject to His will. We must also realize that everything He does is for our benefit and we must accept it with thankfulness...as from a benefactor and a good lord even if is troublesome. For everything is done with right judgment, and God, Who is merciful, does not overlook even the smallest sadness that we suffer.

I find my breath gets short, but it seldom gets longer as a man gets older. I take it as it comes, and make the most of it. That's the best way, ain't it?

I discovered that in life, one has got to serve to be observed, if one serve not, one will probably be reserved. Don't wisdom teach this?

To cognize the Divine Essence - this is the highest purpose of soul, sent by the Creator to the Earth!

And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?

Wisdom before experience is only words; wisdom after experience is of no avail.

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom "Let it be".

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.

It has always been my opinion since I first possessed such a thing as an opinion, that the man who knows only one subject is next tiresome to the man who knows no subject. Therefore, in the course of my life I have taught myself whatever I could, and although I am not an educated man, I am able, I am thankful to say, to have an intelligent interest in most things.

A word in earnest is as good as a speech.

The most sure, but at the same time the most difficult expedient to mend the morals of the people, is a perfect system of education.

Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed

There's a reason you can learn from everything: you have basic wisdom, basic intelligence, and basic goodness.

Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad.

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

Natural science physics contains in itself synthetical judgments a priori, as principles. ... Space then is a necessary representation a priori, which serves for the foundation of all external intuitions.

And as this is the obvious appearance of things, it must be admitted, till some hypothesis be discovered, which by penetrating deeper into human nature, may prove the former affections to be nothing but modifications of the latter. All attempts of this kind have hitherto proved fruitless, and seem to have proceeded entirely from that love of simplicity which has been the source of much false reasoning in philosophy.

He was bolder in the daylight-most men are.

So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise.