What Is Wisdom Quotes

To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see.

As a work of art, it reminds me of a long conversation between two drunks

Philosophy is in fact a quest for wisdom based in sophia; that quest for wisdom has everything to do with a love of wisdom.

In any relationship, the woman has control, the clever ones don't let the men know.

Within the heart of every person exists the flame of wisdom that transforms all suffering into kindling for the fire of creative energy.

It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty.

If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world.

When God works miracles, he does not do it in order to supply the wants of nature, but those of grace. Whoever thinks otherwise, must needs have a very mean notion of the wisdom and power of God.

A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find someone's hand and squeeze it, while there's still time.

Most battles are won before they are ever fought.

Without wisdom, gold is quickly lost by those who have it.

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions is what makes life rich. You need your passions.

A man who loses his money gains, at the least, experience, and sometimes, something better.

There are, O monks, these four lights. What four? The light of the moon, the light of the sun, the light of fire, and the light of wisdom. Of these four lights, the light of wisdom is supreme.

Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom.

The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.

We have much to do together. Let us do it in wisdom and love and joy. Let us make this the human experience.

In this sullen apathy neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found.

Wisdom is the right application of knowledge; and true education...is the application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character.

Untroubled, scornful, outrageous - that is how wisdom wants us to be: she is a woman and never loves anyone but a warrior.

Great people plant trees they'll never sit under.

Faith gives us strength and reassurance and leaves us bathed in the wisdom that we are never alone.

Children are wise in a funny kind of way. They haven't developed so many vested interests of self. There is a wisdom, a lack of self-consciousness, that is innocence.

The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.

The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts.

What you are looking for is what is looking.

Love is the first lie; wisdom the last.

The wisdom that living brings, since I got a telegram from the God of simple things.

Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.

No one is really working for peace unless he is working primarily for the restoration of wisdom.

No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.

Don't look for flaws as you go through life and even when you find them it is wise and kind to be somewhat blind, and look for the virtue behind them.

Words were never invented to fully explain the peaceful aura that surrounds us when we are in communion with minds of the same thoughts.

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what's right and the courage to do what's right-even when it's hard.

The mind usually says, “I know, I know, I know.” But the “don’t-know mind” is where wisdom lives.

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

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

All great art originates from the innocent child within us expressing itself through the wisdom, experience and skill of an adult.

Wisdom is not a question of learning facts with the mind; it can only be acquired through perfection of living.

There is no wisdom without love.

I actually think with age comes some level of wisdom.

Meditation is the only way you can grow. Because when you meditate, you are in silence, you are in thoughtless awareness. Then the growth of awareness takes place.

Freedom is when you really get your own powers which are within you.

The truth is you are the pure Spirit. The second truth is that there is a all-pervading Divine power of love. This power of love does all the living work.

Spirit is like a mirror where you see yourself clearly and you start changing yourself.

So there is nothing to be proud of these worldly possessions. What you are to be proud of, or to be conscious of is your spirit. Spirit is the only thing that can kindle another spirit.

If you could stop reflecting, immediately you establish yourself in the ocean of peace.

Once you start growing in your self-realization, you develop such a personality that you see the whole world as one.

If we do not know how to respect the Mother Earth, we do not know how to respect ourselves.