Wisdom Quotes - Page 82

A living fool is worth less than a dead hero.

Each cherry took about three seconds to eat. Three seconds to eat, but at least five years in the making. It seemed unfair to the hard-working cherry tree. The least I could do was to devote my attention to the cherry in those three seconds, really appreciate the tartness of the skin and the faint crunching sound when I bite down. I guess it's called mindfulness. Or being in the moment, or making the mundane sacred. Whatever it is, I'm doing it more. Like the ridiculously extended thank-you list for my hummus, the fruit taboo made me more aware of the whole cherry process, the seed, the soil, the five years of watering and waiting. That's the paradox: I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.

We can do more for the peace just by changing our thoughts. Be an example of compassion and kindness like Mother Teresa. We all can do that without harming anyone.

A single man is minority, a leader is the majority.

It's not him who's disturbed. But he likes to disturb others--to shake them out of their rut.

Life is not about tomorrow. Life is about living your fullest today.

What distances can be explored without God?

Yes. Knock and it shall be opened to you. The gift of wisdom can be found, if one wishes to search for it, and is willing to be altered by it. It is not a gift given without cost or transformation, nor one to be used lightly.

infinite faith and strength are the only conditions of success.

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk. As Prince Dara Shikoh says, in a Persian poem: Do you wish to be included with the Lords of Sight? From speech (then) pass on to experience. By saying 'Unity', you do not become a monotheist; The mouth does not become sweet from the word 'Sugar

Where there is anger there is always pain underneath.

To understand, you have to love, but to gain wisdom you have to understand with love.

Understand and challenge your personal narrative. Narratives become choices and actions — which become your life.

A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.

Young hearts too often have tunnel vision.

Sharpen your life always; even though it will come to an end like a pencil, we have to keep on writing

...when you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That's the difference between a miniskirt and a ho-skirt. A ho-skirt shows your Frisbee. A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery.

Every time life calls to us, it is the voice of God and the voice of our very hearts. When we listen, we thrive. When we don't, we do what we must to survive.

One of the nicest things you can do to kick-start your children’s day is to tell them honestly they look nice as they head out the door. This easy, five-second exchange says to your child: “I see you; I notice you; I love you.

Dream is the roadmap but hope is the guiding light in the way of life.

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free ofattachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.

Your strength will be found when you stop struggling with yourself, instead of thinking everyone is a struggle worth overcoming. Every obstacle in life is a lesson that teaches us, not others.

You can achieve great things when depend more on God.

It is not important for life to meet your great expectations. What is important is that you hold high expectations of yourself and meet them greatly.

Success is a way of life that has meaning and purpose.

I embrace my experience and value my wisdom.

You are the loving child of this universe, she is always eager to help you, your joy is her happiness.

Oh that I had the opportunity to rethink so many of my decisions, for the pitfalls into which I have so frequently fallen were often dug with the shovel of those very decisions.

They copied my product, they copied my strategies yet they failed miserably in the business, because they couldn't copy my professionalism.

For a day, just for a dayWe should swim in the love bayWe should celebrate peace dayFor a whole day, just for a day. We should think peace all the dayWe should walk peaceful wayFor a day, just for a peaceful day.

So do not throw your pearls before swine, Instead in the sand go and draw your line.For this love you have is rare dear girl, A guide and blessing in the name of Estelle. I sat and woke to see it all clear, A stage I was seeking, no longer to fear. For I've spent too long wasting precious time, Never again will I throw pearls before swine.

Love is always true and eternal.Love can't be untrue or occasional.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

The world of books is the wealth of being.

Failure should be archived in head, not heart.

What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.

My greatest privilege is being married to a gentle loving husband. I am very grateful God made our path cross.

American corporate capitalism is a murder-suicide mission.

Dare to seek answers to your questions.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

From the beginning, from the age of Adam to the time of kingship: from the powerful, pardon: from the poor, sins.

When I was younger, I would cling to life because life was at the top of the turning wheel. But like the song of my gypsy girl, the great wheel turns over and lands on a minor key. It is then that you come of age and life means nothing to you. To live, to die, to overdose, to fall in a coma in the street... it is all the same. It is only in the peach innocence of youth that life is at its crest on top of the wheel. And there being only life, the young cling to it, they fear death… And they should! ...For they are 'in' life.

Texting is not talking and a phone is not a friend.

I’ve always thought that the reason the devil approached Eve and not Adam is because the devil Recognized the power, courage, and the tenacity of a woman, the world would have you believe that Eve was a weaker sex and that is why the devil approached her, But think about it, a weak person would never disobey let alone desire to be God.

There is no final destination to our journey.

Is it not by learning to read the book of nature with the eyes of faith that we come to recognize the drop of divinity that resides in our own souls though hidden, master? In the end is this not faith; to seek the light that takes us further, the light of Christ that brings that to which reason and knowledge alone can never raise itself? This is truth!

Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don’t know why, and if we do find out why, it’s decades later and knowing why doesn’t matter any more.

You call forth the world which God has formed and that world only. Nor is this life of yours by which you set such store your doing, however you may choose to tell it. Its shape was forced in the void at the onset and all talk of what might otherwise have been is senseless for there is no otherwise. Of what could it be made? Where be hid? Or how make its appearance? The probability fo the actual is absolute. That we have no power to guess it out beforehand makes it no less certain. That we may imagine alternate histories means nothing at all.

How bittersweet is it to realize that we are the creators of our realities and that we have allowed others to do the creating for us for so many years? So much time wasted…so much guilt, regret and bitterness. It can be easier to numb that pain than face it. Yet once we face our pain and take responsibility, we gain the freedom to move forward and unleash our Divine Potential. We also gain the freedom to move forward and respond to life with Divinity; thus, we alter the very fabric of the collective realities experienced on our planet.

Do not make yourself a bridge for everyone to cross on you, because there are some people they put nail on their feet to cross on you.

Focus is not a state of single-mindedly pursuing one goal or objective without getting distracted. Rather, it’s a commitment to exert all concentration and effort through constant adjustment like the lens of the human eye on a vision or purpose

When using the Law of Attraction to manifest one’s more desired reality, it is not simply enough to shift one’s conscious thoughts – for it is actually our beliefs that ‘attract’ the reality. Our thoughts are of our Conscious Mind, while our beliefs rest within our Subconscious Mind. The Conscious Mind acts as the objective observer and receiver of information, while the Subconscious Mind acts as storage and the subjective projector of reality. Projector meaning that the Subconscious Mind projects out, or creates, the perceived reality we see by 1) attracting the vibrational matching experiences in alignment with our beliefs, and 2) coloring the film (information) received through the Conscious Mind in accordance with our belief systems (perception). How we see reality is strongly hued by the beliefs imbedded within us.Thus: shift a belief – shift reality.For example: We are treated exactly the way we expect to be treated by the world and its people.Call to Action: Adopt beliefs that are empowering, heart-connecting, and full of gratitude and peace.

If your prudence stops you every time from taking an action, then you are no more prudent, you are frightened.

Spirituality is the realization of the totality of our being.

A man has a hard time feeling fulfilled when he lives a life that does not serve a purpose that is more than himself.

... the Wisdom of God ... rules all things, because it is infinitely more powerful and more loving and, above all, more merciful than ours.

It is not for a vulture to teach an eagle how to hunt.

No matter how knowledgeable you are, respect your parents for their experience and your children for their curiosity.

Man has less than he suspects of: Time, Friends, Hopes, Qualities.Proverb

Sometimes I truly wish folks would learn to meditate on what they read being more proactive and less reactive for in so doing a humble heart will be found and wisdom from above will be sure to follow them all the days of their lives