What Is Wisdom Quotes

Ask not of things to shed their veils. Unveil yourselves, and things will be unveiled.

Conventional wisdom would have one believe.

No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.

Considering the natural lust for power so inherent in man, I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people.

Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.

The four pillars of wisdom that support journalistic endeavors are: lies, stupidity, money-grubbing, and ethical irresponsibility.

You are only as good as the woman you are standing beside.

No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?

Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.

Healing comes when the individual remembers his or her identity—the purpose chosen in the world of ancestral wisdom—and reconnects with that world of Spirit.

Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.

The Creator, the fountain of all wisdom, the approver of perpetual order, the eternal and superessential spring of geometry and harmonics.

The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.

The man who has half a million of dollars in property... has a much higher interest in the government, than the man who has little or no property.

Pilgrimage to the place of the wise is to find escape from the flame of separateness.

Put the greatest emphasis on what's in you; your knowledge, your wisdom, your inner strength, your character, your tenacity and people will look through the box and always walk away with the product.

Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

A lot of young girls think that the opposite of fake is rudeness. And just as ugly as fake is, so is saying whatever is on your mind because it's the truth.

Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.

Leave no stone unturned.

Veganism is not a "sacrifice." It is a joy.

Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.

There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.

The mouse is wise, but the cat is wiser.

Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.

A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses wise thoughts.

I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much rather go to hell - than go to a homophobic heaven.

Gratitude opens the door to... the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.

The actual growth in a person's life is the rise in his wisdom and not the raise in his pay or income.

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

Courage is strength in the face of knowledge of what is to be feared or hoped. Wisdom is prudent strength.

When the inward is good the outward is also inevitably so, for the outward always follows the inward, whether good or evil.

Just like the car headlights impressively illuminating the dark streets, wisdom words powerfully enlighten the dark minds!

A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding...

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.

The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience

Wisdom consists in doing the next think you have to do, doing it with your whole heart, and finding delight in doing it.

The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.

To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.

We are apt to think that our ideas are the creation of our own wisdom but the truth is that they are the result of the experience through outside contact.

When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.

Wisdom is better than silver and gold