Words Of Wisdom Quotes

Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.

The object of knowledge is what exists and its function to know about reality.

I do not conceive of any reality at all as without genuine unity.

The average person is allergic to the words of wisdom.

The most important word in the world of money is cash flow. The second most important word is leverage.

If it is true that men are better than women because they are stronger, why aren't our sumo wrestlers in the government?

We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we're looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven't found it.

The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow.

But injustice breeds injustice; the fighting with shadows and being defeated by them necessitates the setting up of substances to combat.

Those who have money think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know it is money.

The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the unchanging reality which is the object of knowledge.

...concepts are related to the senses; and, when feeling takes place, wisdom is shut out.

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

Be careful what you swallow. Chew!

Thus God alone is the primary Unity, or original simple substance, from which all monads, created and derived, are produced.

To bring deserving things down by setting undeserving things up is one of its perverted delights; and there is no playing fast and loose with the truth, in any game, without growing the worse for it.

The truth is at the bottom of a well. You look in a well, and you see the sun or the moon, but if you jump in, there's no longer the sun or the moon; there's the truth. Leonardo Sciascia

Time is not an empirical concept. For neither co-existence nor succession would be perceived by us, if the representation of time did not exist as a foundation a priori.

There is nothing in the world common to man, that man cannot do.

The intelligent student, after studying vedic texts, is solely intent on acquiring wisdom and realization. He should discard the texts altogether, as the man who seeks rice discards the husk.

When you want to be honored by others, you learn to honor them first.

It's never too late to learn.

The shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed.

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

Always start at the end before you begin. Professional investors always have an exit strategy before they invest. Knowing your exit strategy is an important investment fundamental.

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?

Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.

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

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

Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.

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.

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.

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?

A word in earnest is as good as a speech.

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

The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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

Facts are ventriloquist’s dummies. Sitting on a wise man’s knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.

He was bolder in the daylight-most men are.

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

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

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

A person’s words reflect the image of his character and the amount of truth and lies in it is always visible to the human heart than ordinary eyes.