Wisdom Quotes - Page 159

Family is the garden of humanity where every flower grows with love and kindness, in search of beauty, purpose and happiness.

When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.

If you are driven by fear, anger or pride nature will force you to compete. If you are guided by courage, awareness, tranquility and peace nature will serve you.

What is not worth understanding is not knowing.

Despite popular belief to the contrary, there is absolutely no power in intention. The seagull may intend to fly away, may decide to do so, may talk with the other seagulls about how wonderful it is to fly, but until the seagull flaps his wings and takes to the air, he is still on the dock. There’s no difference between that gull and all the others. Likewise, there is no difference in the person who intends to do things differently and the one who never thinks about it in the first place. Have you ever considered how often we judge ourselves by our intentions while we judge others by their actions? Yet intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.

Life is a journey, education is our pleasure and our memory.

Secretly we fear ourselves, not the fear itself.

Depend upon it, he who wishes to win the prize must come on the principle that two and two make four.

The more you will able to trust yourself, the more joy and peace you will able to experience.

Wind has no home in the world,and therefore wanders everywhere.Light has no home in the universe,and therefore returns to God.

To wisely live your life, you don't need to know muchJust remember two main rules for the beginning:You better starve, than eat whateverAnd better be alone, than with whoever.

Making the choice to exercise compassion is an expression of Love for Humanity and Life itself.

If people respect your age and not your personality, then it's time for you to do some urgent introspection.

To have opinions is to sell out to yourself. To have no opinion is to exist. To have every opinion is to be a poet.

Great literature makes a great life.

We are often given pills or fluids to help remedy illness, yet little has been taught to us about the power of smell to do the exact same thing. It is known that the scent of fresh rosemary increases memory, but this cure for memory loss is not divulged by doctors to help the elderly. I also know that the most effective use of the blue lotus flower is not from its dilution with wine or tea – but from its scent. To really maximize the positive effects of the blue lily (or the pink lotus), it must be sniffed within minutes of plucking. This is why it is frequently shown being sniffed by my ancient ancestors on the walls of temples and on papyrus. Even countries across the Orient share the same imagery. The sacred lotus not only creates a relaxing sensation of euphoria, and increases vibrations of the heart, but also triggers genetic memory - and good memory with an awakened heart ushers wisdom.

How does a woman gain such wisdom in only twenty-nine years?” Gordon asked, escorting her across the lawns toward the mansion.“The same way a man does."“Which is?"Lady Keely cast him an ambiguous smile. “Either you are born with wisdom, my lord, or you make dowithout it...

Knowledge is something which you can use. Belief is something which uses you.

If you push your luck too hard, fortune's muscles might tear.

The most important relationship in your life should be your relationship with yourself.

It is only by persistent focus on your dreams you will pull all the divine forces for the passion of fulfilled dream.

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

There are ultimately two choices in life: to fight it or to embrace it. If you fight it you will lose - if you embrace it you become one with it and you'll be lived.

The reason for the past is only revealed in the future.

You never can give without receiving it.

Kindness is the universal language of pure love, so let us express ourselves with kindness.

It is a wise man who, when his spouse asks, "How does this look?" can answer honestly without upsetting her.

Be kind! Go and burn the world with the fire of your love.

It was that wisdom to us when it can no longer do any good

Anyway, the trick is simply this: No matter what happens, keep your heart open. Wide open. The heart is made of love, and love is indestructible, and only the arrogance of ego would presume that it requires protection. To open your heart is to reduce your ego, and this is the only magic that is ever required to experience the naked truth.

Through wisdom a house is built and through understanding it is established.

There is no greater power than the one others do not believe you possess.

Learn and train yourself to take the hits in life. Obstacles, barriers and setbacks will come. What matters is how you tackle them, work your way around or find your way through them.

The beauty of wisdom lies in simplicity and humility.

I am in the world to change the world

Happiness is in love, in service, and in beautiful memory.

Dwell on positive thoughts!

In times of solitude, I have find rest for my soul and uphold the glory of inner peace.

I don't.""Don't what?" She asked, somewhat puzzled."I don't know many things. The only thing I know is that I know nothing.

And there are many people, both Moslem and Christian, who have a good grasp of each others0 conceptions of surrender to God an other principles. But the widespread existence of bias, misinformation and lack of knowledge (…) militate against the effectiveness of dialogue, (…) by the most subtle and one of the most effective of instruments, the subconscious, almost the subliminal, introduction of hostility.

To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

You have two eyes,but the discerning have three.You have two ears,but the wise have four.You have two hands,but the enlightened have five.

Happiness absolutely depends on how you think.

In the grave the chambers of souls are like the womb of a woman: For like as a woman that travails make haste to escape the necessity of the travail: even so do these places haste to deliver those things that are committed unto them.

The most successful people have the same twenty-four hours in a day that you do.

As for thy thirst after books, away with it with all speed.

Betrayal converts our innocence to wisdom if we can let go of pain, bitterness, and fear and create enough self-love and safety for ourselves to allow it to do so.

There is no perfect lover or perfect love, only longing for love and be beloved.

My reason to live is to love, my reason to get is to give. - The Lord is my witness.

Try to understand, analyze and find the truth before believing.

Divine open doors are not for the arrogant, adulterers and wasters, they are only meant for the humble that will be wise with the opportunity and blessing that comes from them.

The pessimists believe that the cosmos is a clock that is running down; the progressives believe it is a clock that they themselves are winding up. But I happen to believe that the world is what we choose to make it, and that we are what we choose to make ourselves; and that our renascence or our ruin will alike, ultimately and equally, testify with a trumpet to our liberty.- The Illustrated London News, July 10, 1920 Issue.

It is ignorance that is at times incomprehensible to the wise; for instance, he may not see 'the positive person' or 'the negative person' in such a black and white way as many people do. A wise man may not understand it because, as a catalyst of wisdom, but not always wise in his own eyes, even he can learn from and give back to fools. To think that an individual has absolutely nothing to offer to the table is counter-intuitively what the wise man considers to be 'the ignorance of hopelessness'.

Be wise as a serpent and wary as a dove!

The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte.

Take a stand that reflects the widest horizons of your soul if you don’t want to be a slave to external powers.

Achieving a goal is not the most important part of the process. The destination should never be your primary purpose or objective.

Today is a good day to have a great day.

Intelligence is naked without wisdom. Wisdom dresses interestingly with intelligence.

In every relationship, the deeper the connection goes and the longer the time that passes between the two together— the more and more levels will be dug up which equates to more and more boulders being discovered, more and more buried cities unearthed... people know that a good and real relationship is one that "gets better and better" but then they don't understand what that means. "Getting better and better" doesn't mean "feeling better and better", it doesn't mean there is nothing but honey and dewdrops. "Better and better" means "more and more accomplished together" it means "stronger together" it means herculean victories and lilliputian victories and falling and rising. If, for every time you fall together, you rise together twice, that is a good, real relationship.