Wisdom Quotes - Page 110

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'The first command was clear and absolute, unalterable and unchanging. But there was a loophole in the second--wiggle room if we do not love ourselves. So at dinner Jesus tightened the loop, closed the hole:'A new command I give you, that you love one another as I have loved you.

You see, evil men, the likes of whom have sought to enslave their fellow man since the dawn of creation, took America not by might or strength of arms, but by deception and guile.

He brooded on how close destruction always was to all creatures, animals as well as humans, and he realized that there is nothing we can predict or know for certain in this world except death.

Search deep within your soul, you will find strength.

...the strands that connect us are frail, so don't hang great weights on slender wires...

I am amazed upon the many battle that we engage in, be it money, control or matters of the heart, only very few of us knows how to fight in the right way or understand who we are really fighting against. To win any battle you' ve got to have the right strategy and resources because victories don't come by accident.

Use your special gifts to fulfil your divine purpose.

The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.”(August 9, 1955)

As a species, wise, harmonious progress is our mission.

Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.

For a while the hobbits continued to talk and think of the past journey and of the perils that lay ahead; but such was the virtue of the land of Rivendell that soon all fear and anxiety was lifted from their minds. The future, good or ill, was not forgotten, but ceased to have any power over the present. Health and hope grew strong in them, and they were content with each good day as it came, taking pleasure in every meal, and in every word and song.

Reading brings power to the mind and power brings freedom to the mind. Though you ought to read, read what is noble and worthy of not just your time, but your lifetime!

People come and people go, but God's love for you remains the same. No matter who decides to walk out on you. God will never leave you nor forsake you. His love is eternal.

What's so magical about solitude? In many fields, Ericsson told me, it's only when you're alone that you can engage in Deliberate Practice, which he has identified as the key to exceptional achievement. When you practice deliberately, you identify the tasks or knowledge that are just out of your reach, strive to upgrade your performance, monitor your progress, and revise accordingly. Practice sessions that fall short of this standard are not only less useful - they're counterproductive. They reinforce existing cognitive mechanisms instead of improving them.

Jesus may give you eternal life, but until then, your ass going to stay right were it is until you do something about it.

Thinking is man’s only basic virtue, from which all the others proceed. And his basic vice, the source of all his evils, is that nameless act which all of you practice, but struggle never to admit: the act of blanking out, the willful suspension of one’s consciousness, the refusal to think - not blindness, but the refusal to see; not ignorance, but the refusal to know. It is the act of unfocusing your mind and inducing an inner fog to escape the responsibility of judgment - on the unstated premise that a thing will not exist if only you refuse to identify it, that A will not be A so long as you do not pronounce the verdict ‘It is.

Love has no monetary value, but without love, life has no value.

A mother gives you a life, a mother-in-law gives you her life.

Generosity creates the higher life. There is no nobler virtue than the care one person shows to another.

True freedom is in not having a master, but in making the master your slave

If you search enough, you will find.

It’s important to have a vision of the long run and make wise decisions for our highest good in the present moment; however, we don’t want to become attached to how everything must look. When we show up in good faith, life provides. And when we trust, we are always in the flow of manifestation.

Love is a magnetic force, you can't see it, but it can pull you toward the beloved.

If you are bored it is only because you are a boring person.

To love is to communicate, and you can communicate only in truth. Speak the truth, and speak it with love.

You can only build on success, but to do this you have to be willing to let go of your last success and use it as a stepping stone for your next achievement.

When you stopped to think about it, he reflected, there weren't many things in life one truly needed. To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity - a waste of precious time and effort.

Hats have power. Hats can change you into someone else.

Do not, under any circumstances, put this book down and turn on the teevee.The teevee debilitates our culture.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.

The secret, or innermost, level of wisdom is pure intuition, clarity, lucidity, innate wakefulness, presence, and recognition of reality. This transcendental wisdom is within all of us—it just needs to be discovered and developed, unfolded and actualized.

Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise?Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and constant aspects of truth that can be perceived by human means.And I don't mean the kind of surface beauty that fades with age, or the sort of shallow wisdom that gets lost in plati

Results speak for themselves while intentions often fall short of promises.

To get rid of stress, be yourself and relax.

For years, i lived my life, waiting for the other shoe to drop... i thought control was something i could have over my life. My goal was to live life, in such a way, that i would never again have to suffer any form of trauma or abuse that would remind me of my painful past. I was living life on a tightrope of tension. I was only happy when things went smoothly and came apart at the seams when i was thrown a curveball.NOW, i realize, that the key to happiness is surrendering to the illusion of control. And to trust that, no matter what happens to me, i have the infinite inner-wisdom and strength to find my way through.

It’s not the destination (of seeking the truth) that creates our dignity or integrity, it’s the journey. From Messages From a Grandfather, by Robert Gately

Wisdom is a teacher,God is its professor.The wise are His students,life is His rod,and eternal life is our reward.

It is wise to consider a matter carefully before jumping in carelessly.

All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope.

Religion is not a book, it is not an institution, and it is not even a person. True Religion is realization of the self.

The most important truth we tell is the truth we tell ourselves.

The common theme of common sense is that it’s commonly rejected as uncommonly demanding.

Life becomes invaluable when we spend it in the service of others.

Every insult is an opportunity.

The heart is seldom wiser than the mind, but when it is, listen to it.

It is better to win by the power of love than by the power of might.

The best way to be happy is to make someone else happy.

Faith and beliefs are the common things in all religion, so God is the faith and the belief without exception.

The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.

Never love someone with expecting return. Love is love's reward.

Zeal, if it be well ordered, is most beautiful in a Christian; but if not, it is a thing of exceeding great danger: as fire in moderation is most comfortable, but in extremity most fearful.

Mastering facts is knowledge. Mastering knowledge is wisdom.

Every flower has a song in her heart, which we can never see.We only can see her external beauty.

It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

Oh, let me love with all my power all the way.Let me love like stars love the moon rest of my day.

Today's dreams create tomorrow’s hope. So act today and hope for the best.

What I have sought is to understand what has been said.

Adversity tests the limit of our strength.

When you meet familiarity which demeans true integrity, run away!

Only absurdities need to be defended. Truth speaks for itself.