What Is Wisdom Quotes
Seeds of past karma cannot germinate if they are roasted in the fires of divine wisdom.
My field was God’s earth. Wherever I ploughed, there was my field. Land was free. It was a thing no man called his own. Labor was the only thing men called their own.
A wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interests than it is theirs to find his weak point.
In a little town, there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.
We are what our thoughts have made us so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live they travel far.
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.
Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.Listen to it carefully.
If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.
Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances, Be more active, Show up more often.
Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
As I naturally go through a full range of emotions in my life, I mustn’t feel ashamed for feeling lost, for it is honest and human to feel such.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.
Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up...
Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there’s always a bloody show.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.