Wisdom Quotes - Page 59

Violence is the repartee of the illiterate

You can survive without artistry, but you cannot live without artistry.

Only in full surrender to the Spirit and to the Writings of God can a man or woman hope to find wisdom, knowledge, or an understanding of Spiritual things.

The bigger the victory, the bigger the battle. Still, be the light and a change agent for healing, restoration and transformation.

A lot of people will ignore positive words when they are down and accept negative words. Those people never get better.

Being in your head is when you analyze, control and overthink. Run on thoughts, worry, talking but not listening, taking all the workshops and reading all the books, but not experiencing it's message.

Don't hold on too long;to which does not belong, Don't shed a tear; for all the pain that's gone,Create a new;from the wisdom of the past, Open your heart wider, as storms do not last.

Knowledge, ideas, and wisdom are the most powerful forces that we can use to improve lives while bringing peace to this beautiful world.

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

Here I stand now, with a sweet tingling feeling all over, recalling the last time I was here, and I am glad that I am here again, while wondering why I didn’t recognize it earlier. But now I have got the chance to recognize and deal with it more effectively and I know that I can visit this place as many times as I want, and take as many chances as I want, because I finally realize that I, am in total control of my life.

It is gracious to have old people full of vitality and endowed with wisdom in our society.

What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

We came to this world with nothing but love and blessing. The purpose of our life is to be happy by loving and serving.

Dream of yoking a gnat with an archangel, and then imagine that you can help your Lord in the work of salvation.

Life is not a competition. No one has to lose for someone else to win. A true blessing blesses everyone.

A lion does not take orders from sheep.

How many of us are swept away by what I have come to call an 'active laziness'?It consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

Time is manmade! It is simply an invention! Believe it or not, time only exists here on earth for us humans.

stand up, be bold. you are the sole and only cause.

Yesterday I was clever,That is why I wanted to change the world.Today I am wise,That is why I am changing myself.

Syl Anagist's assimilation of the world had been over a century before I was ever made; all cities were Syl Anagist. All languages had become Sylanagistine. But there were none so frightened, or so strange in their fear, as conquerors. They conjure phantoms endlessly, terrified that their victims will someday do back what was done to them - even if, in truth, their victims couldn't care less about such pettiness and have moved on. Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.

Aw I don't wanta go to no such thing, I just wanta drink in alleys.'...But you'll miss all that, just for some old wine.'There's wisdom in wine, goddam it!' I yelled. 'Have a shot!

Dare to love every person, including yourself.

We may think we live for wisdom, but in fact we're living for the the pleasure wisdom brings us.

I enjoy the healing music and touch of love, touching my heart and soul when I give it away.

In the hearts of men lies both good and evil. The two coexist. Some men become good, and others become evil. It is the way of this world.-Kikyo

After seven days of fasten so it was, that the thoughts of my heart were very grievous unto me- and my soul recovered the spirit of understanding.

The door of illumination is open to those for whom other doors are closed.

You cannot choose your face but you can choose your dress.

I will always appreciate those who made me go through rough times because without those, I wouldn't have the wisdom and power that lies within me now.

Money can buy you knowledge, but not the wisdom to use it wisely.

God's image is more than flesh and bones.

Every life has a destiny... the trick is to discover it before then end of your life. Otherwise, you will have too many regrets.

Be courageous! Never fear to share your knowledge and wisdom with others. It will help you to be wiser.

Helping other people can be a cure not just for those who are in need, but for your soul as well.

it may seem so easy to take it easy but, it is never so easy to take it easy

You have the paintbrush in your hand, you can make the picture of your life brighter and bigger or duller and darker, it’s up to you.

There's poverty in wealth. If a man is wealthy without good health, is he not poor? If a man is wealthy without children, is he not poor? If a man is wealthy without God, is he not poor? If a man is wealthy without giving alms, is he not poor? If a man is wealthy without wisdom, is he not poor? Then there's a great lack in riches.

The only skill that cannot be perfected is perfection itself.

Spread your wings of love and fly in someone's sky of dream and imagination.

Do you have a leather jacket? One for a ten-year-old boy?" I asked the man selling leather jackets and gloves in Covent Garden, London. "Yes, I have one right here!" And the man dug out a fine leather jacket that looked styled and tailored for a young boy. "I'm buying this for my son" I said to him. "I love this jacket, it's perfect, I think I will just come back for it tomorrow, though! I'll be back tomorrow, okay?" And the man reached his arms above his head, and said with a big smile upon his face "You only have one life to live! What is the difference if you do something today, or if you do it tomorrow?" I thought about the man's words. And I bought the jacket. He was right, there is no difference, really, between doing something today and doing something tomorrow, when you only have one life to live! Afterall, tomorrow may never come! All you really have is today!

...I have decided that I shan't sweat the small stuff. Sense and sensibility will, I assume, come in their own time. If indeed they ought to come. And in the meantime, I shall continue to work my ass off... and whenever the opportunity arises... dance my ass off. ... As someone very smart once wrote, 'Those who were seen dancing were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music'.

Nobility is not only in forgiveness.

Intelligence is seeing the ups, downs, cycles and patterns in the game of life. Wisdom is not being played or a player - but being at one with life, dancing with life, being full of life, in flow with life - glad to be alive.

Influence is everything. One wrong influence can single handedly destroy every bit of your innocence and innocence is the root of all wisdom.

Remember the proverb: 'A sign is enough for the alert, but a thousand counsels are not enough for the negligent.

Change in thinking + shift in perspective = change in your life

Intelligence arouses fear and respect, the lack of it keeps one on the narrow minded road of disrespect, stupidity and inferiority complex.

There is only one risk and that is not taking one.

If where you are is worthwhile then where you are from doesn't matter.

The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.

You'll come to learn that many times, the people you have problems with are not really the people you have problems with; but in actuality, the problems lie in the premises of everybody else in between you, in their suggestive glances, in their implications and tone of voice, in their provocations and less-than-noble intent. Again, it comes down to shutting out the noise that isn't supposed to be there and listening to your inner silence.

Wisdom starts in humility.

They'll say you are bador perhaps you are mador at least you should stay undercover.Your mind must be bareif you would dareto think you can love more than one lover.

The sun never has an inferiority complex. It shines the same whether above or below.

He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi]Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam.

We all do have a vision in life and we all wish to achieve something in life. We all ought to note that vision is there for everyone but, achievement is there for someone!

Knowledge unlocks the door to the mysteries of our mistakes; wisdom guides us away from repeating them". HS/el

People talk to old people like they're children.'Oh you're very old aren't you?' Yeah I'm old. I'm not stupid.

When I Am Within, I Am Never Without.