Wisdom Quotes - Page 208

If you were brought up on a poor man’s brand of drink and prefer that to this very day then do not pretend you like expensive wine.

Light and Darkness. One cannot exist without the other. There is no true Master, without the power of balance. ☥

Before we can fix the situation, we have to first see the situation, the world can't see straight right now, some are blinded by hatred, rage, fear, scepticism, some are blinded by their pains.We need to pray...pray that God open our eyes to see the problem from the source and not from the surface.You cannot solve a situation that you cannot see correctly.

But the character of the music emphasized the tale as allegory--humorous, poignant, humane allegory--disclosing the metamorphosis of life itself, in which man moves from confident inexperience through the bitterness of experience, toward the rueful wisdom of self-knowledge.

If you're unloved then find out and destroy all the barriers that you have created against love.

If you want to change someone's life, just love him and be kind to him.

A true professional not only follows but loves the processes, policies and principles set by his profession.

Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.

An almost perfect relationship with his father was the earthly root of all his wisdom. From his own father, he said, he first learned that Fatherhood must be at the core of the universe. [speaking of George MacDonald]

great men take and overtake risk tactically

Jehovah, the Christian name for God derived from the Hebrew Yahweh, (from the letters YHWH), is translated as "I AM." YOU ARE the essence of life—the Cosmic Consciousness that creates, lives in, and destroys all things. In Buddhism, your true nature is referred to as your “Buddha Nature.” Muslims refer to it as Allah, Native tribes have often called it the Great Spirit, Taoists refer to it as the Tao, and numerous other cultures throughout history have all created their own distinctive names for it. But the one eternal reality that these cultures point to remains the same—and this reality is YOU.

You can always tell the heart of man by what he do, and by what he don't do...

Magnificent beauty of nature inviting you to long for her, to love her, and then purify your heart and mind with the illuminating beauty of nature.

Understand: I don't ever want to be equal to any other being. I always want to be greater...in all things, in all circumstances.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

When you can't focus on one thing, you will be distracted by anything.

Every known thing used to be unknownAnd every rock could become a stone Someday nature will have to atone When soul sees dead flesh leaving the bone

The rights paradigm, which, as I interpret it, morally requires the abolition of animal exploitation and requires veganism as a matter of fundamental justice, is radically different from the welfarist paradigm, which, in theory focuses on reducing suffering, and, in reality, focuses on tidying up animal exploitation at its economically inefficient edges. In science, those who subscribe to one paradigm are often unable to understand and engage those who subscribe to another paradigm precisely because the theoretical language that they use is not compatible.I think that the situation is similar in the context of the debate between animal rights and animal welfare. And that is why welfarists simply cannot understand or accept the slavery analogy.

The worst thing to call somebody is crazy, it's dismissive. 'But I don't understand this person', so they're crazy. That's bullshit cause people are not crazy, they strong people, maybe their environment is a little sick.

Be your own limited edition.

They will smile, as they always do when they plan a major attack late in the night.

We don’t exist to survive. We live to strive.

ignorance and power, they´re a poor combination.

We can hardly get to the very far for the very far we can think of is the far we have not yet reach

Peace is the only destination worth beginning a journey for.

Use time to be a seeker of the Kingdom

Those who try to juggle wisdom, power and greed, drop one of the balls, every time.”—Zarost

It takes wisdom, power and influence to be able to make a positive impact on what goes on in society and in the nation as a whole.

Time, as such doesn't travel! It's the paradox & uncertainty inside you that makes it travel.

Raise a smile and lower stress

Art is apotheosis; often, the complaint of beauty.

The definition of a professional is one who does a job well even when they don't like it.

When you're happy only then you can spread the seeds of happiness around.

there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it .

We gain new perspectives on life after every voyage.

Wisdom is simple but profound.Folly, even when complex, is stupid.

Your life may not be 'picture perfect' but you have it in you to make it 'your best.' There's only one chance at life and you owe it to yourself to give it all you can.

You wander. You work nearly every job known to man, it seems, only to arrive at the wonderings of philosophy.

Unfortunately, wisdom and happiness are old enemies, and where one can be found, the other seldom lingers. - Wollof

Don't follow blindly; focus on strengths, not weaknesses

But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.

You must depend on higher power to fulfill your mission in tough journey.

I’d have to prove to everyone, including Ellia, that I was more than some guy she used to know, that what we shared had and still mattered. She may have forgotten the promise we made on the beach, but I hadn’t, and it was up to me to backup those words with action. Memories and ghosts were for the dead. Living things moved, and I was never one to stand still." ~Liam

Moments of love is life, a life is for moments of love.

One may enter the literary parlor via just about any door, be it the prison door, the madhouse door, or the brothel door. There is but one door one may not enter it through, which is the child room door. The critics will never forgive you such. The great Rudyard Kipling is one of a number of people to have suffered from this. I keep wondering to myself what this peculiar contempt towards anything related to childhood is all about.

I saw under the sun the place of judgement, …that wickedness was there; And the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. …I said in mine heart, 'Who shall judge the righteous and the wicked:' for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.

A wise person is the one who knows what he knows and what he does not know.

The true color of intelligence is not in knowledge but in the wisdom of actions.

Goals are the result of bringing your dreams, ideas, and ideals into a real and examinable form by giving them permanence in written form.

A good man can be destroyed by the association with men of evil character. A wise man can learn from them

How you accept a situation, is your choice and depends on your power of perception.

The darkness of the storm determines the brightness of the rainbow.

I don’t know what to do with my future.

You are the eyes of the universe and the sunlight of the dawn. Universe exists because of you.

Rather than swallowing our pride and simply asking what we do not know, we choose to fill in the blanks ourselves and later become humbled. Wisdom was often, in its youth, proven foolish, and ones humiliated were meant to become wise.

people are too quick to give their hearts away, i mean, be fearless; run wild into their arms, but for goodness sake know your worth. A being of wisdom knows their heart is the breath of their existence and only a honorable love deserves to feel it at its purest form.

Sin drains strength. Righteousness gives strength.

If you want the most beautiful fish in the sea, make sure you have the most appealing bait.

Where there is great love there is great harmony of thought.

We have come to a point in time where using common sense, speaking factual truths and asking honest questions have been deemed radical behavior. While in turn, manipulation, thoughtlessness and dishonesty is often rewarded and rules the day.