Quotes about wisdom-quotations

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Learning how to cut trees down is intelligence learning how to grow them is wisdom.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Knowledge never grows old it is eternally young.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

The pen is mightier than the sword it should never run out of ink.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Intelligence will help you build a company wisdom will help you build an empire.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A dog barks, but a lion strikes.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

When intelligence shuts a door, wisdom opens a window.

Abhijit Naskar -

Truth is independent of all dogmas, ancient or modern.

Mehmet Murat ildan -

A wrong path may take you to the right wisdom!

Mehmet Murat ildan -

Wisdom is to internalise the experiences of other things, of everything! By observing the birds, you internalise the wisdom of the birds; by observing the Moon, you internalise the wisdom of the Moon! Wisdom is a process of adding the experiences of the universe to our minds!

Abhijit Naskar - What is Mind?

Qualia of God refers to the private subjective experience or conception of God in people.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

One who sharpens his sword before sharpening his mind has already been conquered by ignorance.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A spoon does not know whether it enters a rich or poor man's mouth.

Ian M. Bates - Tardrew : a history of the Tardrew family around the world

We only reach true wisdom when we accept that we have almost certainly forgotten more than we currently remember.

Abhijit Naskar - In Search of Divinity: Journey to the Kingdom of Conscience

The divinity you seek is born with you.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Truth has the biggest mouth in the universe, wisdom has the largest ears, love has the strongest hands, and faith has the ablest feet.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Courage is a warrior, wisdom is a sage, virtue is a priest, and love is poet.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

One who cannot swim must not blame the water.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

No matter how ugly a fruit is, worms will seek it out.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If a man could outpace his shadow, he would still find it waiting for him at the finishing line.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

One fish in your net is better than a thousand in the ocean.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A tree fears an axe even though its handle is made from it.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Clear skies do not promise rain.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Honey from the devil's fingers tastes bitter.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If you try to test a river’s depths with both feet, you will drown.

Valencia Mackie -

No matter what life throws at you, fight with your eyes wide open to fight a good fight.

Mehmet Murat ildan -

Traveler! If you keep wandering in the path of wisdom you too eventually become a man of wisdom!

Abhijit Naskar - In Search of Divinity: Journey to the Kingdom of Conscience

Discover the God in Life itself. And one who does, becomes a better version of himself or herself. If the entrepreneur thinks that he or she is the God, he or she will be a better entrepreneur. If the student thinks he or she is the God, he or she will be a better student. If the Scientist thinks that he or she is the God, he or she will be a better Scientist, and so on.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If you fish without proper bait, you will only catch disappointment.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

The elephant is the largest, but not the fiercest. The giraffe is the tallest, but not the strongest. The cheetah is the fastest, but not the wisest. The ant is the smallest, but not the gentlest.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If you swim with sharks, make sure you have the appetite of a whale.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Only fools are born wise.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Beware of befriending wolves; remember, they are only loyal to their appetite.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Be like water; soft as it is, it breaks through rocks and impenetrable surfaces.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

It is in vain to try and kick the wind.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

It is only safe to mock a crocodile when you have crossed the river.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Wisdom is intelligence set on fire.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

The greatest evidence of what is inside of a seed is its fruit.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If you touch a wound while it is healing, you will prolong it.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

An ugly jar full of water is worth more than an empty beautiful one in the desert.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fattest one.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A tree is naked, no matter how big, if it does not have leaves.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

You cannot tell a river in which direction it should flow, but you can steer your boat.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If the sun shone for itself, it would be blinded by its own light; if a river flowed for itself, it would be drowned by its own weight.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

The spoon’s color does not change the soup’s taste.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If the sun needed friends to shine, it would not rule the sky alone.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If a lion invites you to dinner, turn down the offer, no matter how hungry you are.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If you waste time watering a fruitless tree, fruitful ones may die of thirst.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If a lion takes its advice from sheep, it will go hungry.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

When sheep grow blind, it is only wolves that rejoice.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If you place two flowers in the same vase, they will not argue over who is more beautiful.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A wolf can only curse a lion when surrounded by its peers.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Counting your chickens before they hatch is only wise if God has told you how many will survive.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A tree’s nature does not change because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

To learn how to swim, observe fish; how to hunt, observe lions; how to work, observe bees, and how to live, observe sages.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If you hide honey in the dark, bees will still find it.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If you can't climb a tree, shake it, and its fruit will fall.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A fish is a genius in water, an eagle is a genius in air, a fox is a genius on land, and a sage is a genius in life. 

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A wolf's thoughts are seldom far from its appetite.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

The hen that lays the most eggs deserves the most food.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

The earliest bird gets the worm only if the worm is stupid enough to show up.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

An apple only falls far from its tree when carried away by divine winds.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If men could fit water into their pockets, the ocean would be empty.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Be humble to those who praise you, pleasant to those who honor you, kind to those who cherish you, good to those who love you, and generous to those who adore you.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A wolf only attends a rabbit’s funeral to eat its young.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

One who wishes to cross the ocean first builds a ship.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Beatings from truth are better than kisses from lies.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A wound won't heal if you keep touching it.

Kamaran Ihsan Salih -

Thank God with endless when puts you in the crisis because will tests you many examinations one of them is to identify your enemies and allies

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A sage is a library whose bookshelves are in his soul.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

In knowledge there is strength, in understanding there is might, and in wisdom there is power.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If a fly lands on your food, do not use a hammer to remove it.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A gardener tending to his flowers is as noble as a warrior battling his opponents.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

It is not how fast a tree grows, but how well. It is not how big a fruit is, but how sweet.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

If you teach a wolf how to hunt, it will reward you by devouring you.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

The further you venture down a river the bigger the fish.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A short axe can still cut down tall trees.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

It is better to be a lion for one day than a wolf for a lifetime.

James Rozoff -

What is wisdom? It is the result of multiple paradigms brought to their intellectual furthest reaches and balanced and merged together. The fundamentalist, the person who only sees life through a single lens, can never hope for wisdom.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

Matshona Dhliwayo -

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

Abhijit Naskar -

The are two kinds of people in this modern society. First and the majority are those fools who think they are wise, and second are the few wise individuals who know that they are fools.

Abhijit Naskar -

Wisdom begins in knowing the self.

Abhijit Naskar -

The highest wisdom is to know that you know nothing.

Abhijit Naskar -

​You are only limited by your imagination.

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