Words Of Wisdom Quotes
Words Of Wisdom Quote of the day
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover the laws of truth.
Women have the right to mount the scaffold; they should likewise have the right to mount the rostrum.
No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit
Beware of greed and remain pure and just. Restrain yourself from every vice. He who cannot restrain himself, how will he be able to teach others restraint?
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!
Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.
In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with
Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.
I came from an environment where if you see a snake, you kill it. At General motors, if you see a snake, the first thing you do is to hire a consultant on snakes.
To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
Quadruped lions are said to be savage, only when they are hungry; biped lions are rarely sulky longer than when their appetite for distinction remains unappeased.
"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.
And isn't it a bad thing to be deceived about the truth, and a good thing to know what the truth is? For I assume that by knowing the truth you mean knowing things as they really are.
What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you so desire?
Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.
Wise women tuck Godly wisdom into the words they speak and even more into the words they choose not to speak.
Eventually we will all understand that all wisdom is within us, and as we remember, practice and access this wisdom, we will become our own best teacher.
