Knowledge Quotes - Page 28

Anything which you have in profusion is poison

Nevertheless now have I asked thee but only of the fire and wind, and of the day where-through thou hast passed, and of things from which thou canst not be separated, and yet canst thou give me no answer of them.

Knowledge of self ought to be the great project of our lives. Knowing ourselves we will know others. Only by knowing ourselves can we begin to undo the madness we unleash on the world in our wars, our destruction of the environment, our divisions, our desire to dominate others, the poverty we create and exploit. Only through self-knowledge can we reverse the damage we do with all the worldly knowledge we have, which has been only a higher ignorance.

Trust in humanity, she is only in her infancy, she will grow to be great and trustworthy.

The Glory Of God Is The Eternal Heartbeat Of God

I have accepted that I don't know all the things that I ought to know, but I do know things that I need to know.

Service is the highest form of worship.

Many of the innovations in science and philosophy have come from unbelievers, some of whom died for their 'unbeliefs.' Without unbelief, we might well be living in the Dark Ages or at least in the intellectual equivalent of that time.In past centuries many theists savagely attacked atheists on the ground that someone without a belief in God must be a moral 'monster,' who would permit any action. This argument is rarely heard today, as the number of people who are openly atheists has become so large that its falsity is self-evident. Atheists do have a moral code to guide them. It is usually based upon the Golden Rule, plus a variety of utilitarian reasons, although there are a number of other possible systems. Rather than being immoral, most atheists are extremely moral.There are a large number of people who can and do manage to lead decent upright lives with no use for a belief in God as a guide. Atheists do not care whether others believe as they do. They do ask, however, for the right to believe as they wish ....

I once knew of a minstrel who bragged of having had a thousand women, one time each. He would never know what I knew, that to have one woman a thousand times, and each time find in her a different delight, is far better. I knew now what gleamed in the eyes of old couples when they stared at each other across a room...My familiarity with her was a more potent love elixir than any potion sold by a hedge-witch in the market.

Personal responsibility leads to national transformation.

Teachers see coldness in the world and light fires in the minds of their students, hoping for a warm summer. Sadly, some cannot bear the flame, some turn away from the heat, and some twist the fire to burn.

My purpose of life is sweet indeed.I like to help people when in need.I am longing for happiness.I am expressing my kindness.I am expressing my love every day.I am compassionate all the way.

In the time before Gnan (time before 1958 when Dada Bhagwan got manifested) there was obstinacy within me. ‘I’ discovered that obstinacy does not let the light of Gnan (Eternal Knowledge) to come through. Then I saw all that obstinacy, and it was destroyed. Thereafter the Gnan (Eternal Knowledge) manifested. One has to observe one’s own self that where lies the obstinacies. The Self is an observatory itself.

Regardless of one’s age, acquiring new knowledge has always been useful.

To get someone's attentionsay three words with compassion.Say "I love you", more than me,like the river loves the sea.

Books make it possible for every person born into the world to begin where the previous generation left off.

The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

When you are in love, reality becomes illusion and illusion become reality.

a problem well put is half solved.

We can only transform our lives by renewal of mind via renewed knowledge.

When we will learn to emulate the peacefulness of a tree, love of a flower, the earth will be a garden of love and peace.

There is no right or wrong.There is no weak or strong.There is only you.There is no poetry or song. There is no short or long.There is only you.There is no beast or beauty.There is no task or duty.There is only you.There is no passion or mission. There is no wisdom or vision.There is only you.Nothing is there when you're not here.So love yourself and take great care.

Accepting and appreciating heart brings abundance in life but gratitude acknowledge and dance with joy of receiving.

Life itself is the most precious gift to me, for that I am perpetually indebted.

As concerning the things whereof thou asked me, I will tell thee; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come.

There are three parts to learning: information, knowledge and wisdom, A mere accumulation of information is not knowledge, and a treasure of knowledge is not in itself, wisdom.

A problem is an opportunity to find a new way.

Belief is a shelter, a prison for a curious mind.

It’s like everyone has their own little recipe for happiness, but no one really seems all that happy.

God has been pushed aside by the non-Self complex. Vibrations have arisen from vibrations. ‘We’ now give you the Knowledge of how to stop the vibrations.

Then I began to think that it is very true which is commonly said that the one-half of the world knoweth not how the other half liveth.

For a happy life, be kind and loving and be the source of happiness for others.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

When you are a person people can trust, they will call on upon you, love to be around you and work with you. A leader’s skills take him to people, but his character brings people to him.

Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge.

Even today, some opt for the comforts of mystification, preferring to believe that the wonders of the ancient world were built by Atlanteans, gods, or space travelers, instead of by thousands toiling in the sun. Such thinking robs our forerunners of their due, and us of their experience. Because then one can believe whatever one likes about the past - without having to confront the bones, potsherds, and inscriptions which tell us that people all over the world, time and again, have made similar advances and mistakes.

When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes.

When you love someone who hates you, that is the practice of divine love.

The moment men begin to care more for education than for religion they begin to care more for ambition than for education. It is no longer a world in which the souls of all are equal before heaven, but a world in which the mind of each is bent on achieving unequal advantage over the other. There begins to be a mere vanity in being educated whether it be self-educated or merely state-educated. Education ought to be a searchlight given to a man to explore everything, but very specially the things most distant from himself. Education tends to be a spotlight; which is centered entirely on himself. Some improvement may be made by turning equally vivid and perhaps vulgar spotlights upon a large number of other people as well. But the only final cure is to turn off the limelight and let him realize the stars.

When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial. This is quite obvious to people nowadays, when it is widely recognised that fixations are not the same as valuable and laudable observances. One should not pray if that prayer is vanity; rituals are wrong when they provide lower satisfactions, like emotional stimulus instead of enlightenment; he or she should not be an ascetic who is only enjoying it.

Because you're always learning, the chief lesson remains: you still know nothing.

I don't understand this irony - valuable things like cars, gold, diamond are made up of hard materials but most valuable things like money, contracts and books are made up of soft paper.

Let there be love. There will be light to show you the path of life.

Self-Knowledge is the Jewel of all Knowledge."-Serena Jade

Consciousness and awareness are the sources of all possibilities and infinite creativity.

…the more things you know, or pretend to know, the more powerful you are. It doesn’t matter if things are true. What counts, remember, is to possess a secret.

Live a life like a beautiful song, touch every heart with loving words and memorable music.

Let us be awake and live every moment of our precious, loving, and spontaneous life.

You're my story,you're my poetry,you're my floweryou're my deep driving desire.

Life isn't static, and sometimes, we don't realize the value of knowledge or even of people, until further down the track, when we're mature enough to truly understand.

It's not always what we don't know that gets in our way sometimes it's what we think we know that keeps us from learning.

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do than what one can.

An immense and ever-increasing wealth of knowledge is scattered about the world today; knowledge that would probably suffice to solve all the mighty difficulties of our age, but it is dispersed and unorganized. We need a sort of mental clearing house for the mind: a depot where knowledge and ideas are received, sorted, summarized, digested, clarified and compared

When you don’t have explanation for a certain phenomenon, as a real human, you should suspend judgement, instead of concocting supernatural explanations out of ignorance and primordial fanaticism.

Be a thinker, be a dreamer, be a believer, be a doer, and, above all, be a kind lover.

Something good about love: if you fall in it, you will not feel any pain.

Love and attraction is the magmatic language of the heart.

The deeper we dig into our field the more we know about its details

God did not create you to be alone. He deposited skills, knowledge, and talents in someone out there who is expected to mentor you, teach you and encourage you to go high. Go, get a mentor!