Wisdom Quotes - Page 89

Believe in supernatural power.

Don’t always deprive yourself trying to please others

The soul, in its loneliness, hopes only for "salvation." And yet what is the burden of the Bible if not a sense of the mutuality of influence, rising out of an essential unity, among soul and body and community and world? These are all the works of God, and it is therefore the work of virtue to make or restore harmony among them. The world is certainly thought of as a place of spiritual trial, but it is also the confluence of soul and body, word and flesh, where thoughts must become deeds, where goodness must be enacted. This is the great meeting place, the narrow passage where spirit and flesh, word and world, pass into each other. The Bible's aim, as I read it, is not the freeing of the spirit from the world. It is the handbook of their interaction. It says that they cannot be divided; that their mutuality, their unity, is inescapable; that they are not reconciled in division, but in harmony. What else can be meant by the resurrection of the body? The body should be "filled with light," perfected in understanding. And so everywhere there is the sense of consequence, fear and desire, grief and joy. What is desirable is repeatedly defined in the tensions of the sense of consequence.

If you don't find a good teacher, find a good book.

Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.

To expect to be kissed having bad breath is the secret of a fool.

Don't unzip your chest to show all your scars,hold it tight with love and let them bloom like flowers.

A river continues to flow despite losing a few drops at each turn.

Hope is the light, which shows the way of life.

People who actually have good advice seldom give it voluntarily, instead others seek them out for it. They do not shove it down people's throats just to boost their exaggerated sense of importance.

Love! In this world of pain, you're my vintage wine.

Help anyone who comes to you, as much as lies in your power, not because you are good person, nor because you want to be adored, but because you are a real human – a real human of the civilized society.

When you have nothing but love, then you're the richest person of the world.

I've said this before, but people love you for so many reasons. Some love you only for what you do for them. Some love you for how much money you spend. Some love you for your possessions. By now, we should know that isn't love, but merely infatuation. Don't be fooled into thinking a person like that is going to hang around once those things are gone.

Always walk as if you’re running late, it’s healthier.

The only way to move from your reality to God’s reality is through people who love you.

Your ability is your power. Others’ opinions can make it sour.

The ultimate winner in life is one who receives the grace given to us by Jesus Christ and lives life accordingly.

Success is not achieved in a vacuum: the people you spend most of your time with and the voices you allow to influence your thoughts play a significant part in your success or lack of it.

They asked a wise man: Why don’t we ever hear you backbiting and slandering?He said: I’m still not happy with myself to start with others.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

We are all valuable. Humanity needs our individual services.

The secret protects itself. It is found only in the spirit and practice of the Work.

When we fail to tend to the fragilities of a flower as we become distracted by the noise of our minds, our plant is essentially dying. The quintessence of dying in the sense that we are failing to be mindful of the present moment, for life is the paradox of both living and dying concurrently. Just as we are living each moment, we are dying with every moment, and the essence of living is within each breath that ultimately comprises life as a whole.

I want to thank everyone and everything,every sunrise and every sunset,every abundance and every beauty,every tragedy and every triumph,every sadness and every happiness,every moment and every experiencethat we call life deserves my deepest gratitude.

I live every day as if I can die any moment.

Living is more often than not, existing. I want to be alive, with love, joy, and be exciting.

With heavy rainfall, the river will overflow its banks.

Every exceptional bias against Christianity I find to be evidence for its validity.

The world will see the peace when we will understand that there are no enemies but there are friends who don't understand me.

Change your mind, change your future

If you want to change anything or your surroundings, change your perception; it will change everything.

A lot of who you were in middle age was determined before you had a chance to manipulate, control, or eve understand the things around you. It was no mystery, he thought, why some old people's minds returned to their youth; the wonder of those years, the discoveries, the first experience with the dirty secret of death, and the first stirrings of lust and love were indelible, drawn in luminous colors on clean canvas. Indeed, the first sex act was so mind-boggling that most people could still remember it clearly twenty, thirty, sixty years later.

Don’t care about day to day things, don’t care about the mundane, but care about what matters.

Oh, my beauty!Oh, my reflection of life!Oh, my unmet desires!I am longing for youtor now and forever!

The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.

Umgangsformen sind Formen, die zunehmend umgangen werden.

Nothing else can fill better colors in one's life like the magnificent nature does

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. this is my symphony.

Life is not about destination, it is a journey of creation.

If you work by faith and not by sight, you will always see a sign. You have to develop a space of comfort to know that there is a difference between signs and sounds, it means God will tell you that He will make a change in your life but He won't show you anything to demonstrate the change for a little while because He doesn't want your faith to be in the change; He wants your faith to be in the promise, so that when the change is a bit slow in coming, you will know how to trust in Him while you wait for it to come to pass.

When your focus is too narrow you can miss the big picture.

We seek excellence before we seek understanding, wisdom before we gain knowledge, success before we understand hardwork; for this reason we need great teachers and leaders.

now i am oldolder enough to have known the worldand i am sad

Fish are small, but do not drown in the sea. Ships are big, but sink in the ocean.

There exist no new mistakes anywhere. The same mistakes people committed are the same mistakes people are committing and the same mistakes shall people commit

The duel may go on for long, but the self-defense often wins over the self-reproach.

Love treats its enemies better than hate treats its friends.

Creativity comes from curious, intuitive, persistent action.

There is no real need to save others, because they will help themselves learning from us, when we choose to shine our light of unconditional love. Through our loving examples others can create, for themselves, an opportunity to act the way they are inspired by us.

At the door is at the door. Beware, there are wolves.

You think money can solve any problem, but all it s good for is buying the things it can, and leaving you free to pursue the things it can't.

Oh thee! Lets ignite the fire of love

Sometimes, we expect life to work a certain way and when it doesn’t we blame others or see it as a sign, rather than face the pain of the choices we should or shouldn’t have made. Real healing won’t begin until we stop saying, “God prevented this or that.” Often in our attempt to protect ourselves from pain, we leave things to fate and don’t take chances. Or, we don’t work hard enough to keep the blessings we are given. Maybe, we didn't recognize a blessing, until it was too late. Often, it is the lies we tell ourselves that keeps us stuck in a delusion of not being responsible for our lives. We leave it all up to God. The truth is we are not leaves blowing toward our destiny without any control. To believe this is to take away our freedom of choice and that of others. The final stage of grief is acceptance. This can’t be reached through always believing God willed the outcomes in our lives, despite our inaction or actions. To think so is to take the easy escape from our accountability. Sometimes, God has nothing to do with it. Sometimes, we just screwed up and guarded our heart from accepting it, by putting our outcome on God as the reason it turned out the way it did. Faith is a beautiful thing, but without work we can give into a mysticism of destiny that really doesn't teach us lessons or consequences for our actions. Life then becomes a distorted delusion of no accountability with God always to blame for battles we walked away from, won or loss.

The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.

The wisest people are often the simplest.

It's amazing how people can be so blind to what's good for them and what isn't, what's truth and what's not, or the difference between secrets and things just not yet known.

Wisdom often comes from those with the least to lose.

Knowledge is the seed for thought. Knowledge, experience, and thoughts give birth to wisdom.

Life live by faith is endless blessings.