Quotes about wisdom-quote

Let me be of service to all living beings. Let me be in faith that all my needs are taken care of.

In the land of light there is only one currency. The currency of love.

Inside that tiny seed, lives the roots, branches, bark, trunk, leaves, twigs and apple fruit of that apple tree. You can’t see, feel, hear, taste or smell any of that yet; nevertheless, it is all inside that seed. The moment the seed is in your hand— all of that is in your hand, too, from the root to the bark to the fruit! All you have to do is to push the seed into the soil. And what makes anyone plant any apple seed? It is the belief that in the seed, there is the tree. So, believe. To have a

Hope is believe in the word of God.

Words can be a fortress or a drawbridge to disaster

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Only fools are born wise.

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

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

It is in vain to try and kick the wind.

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

Wisdom is intelligence set on fire.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The wise know much, but pretend to know little; the ignorant know little, but pretend to know much; and the foolish know nothing, but pretend to know all.

Soft feathers cannot make a cruel bird kind

The ultimate change one can ever seek for is a change in thought. A change in thought is a change in body

Fear wears so many clever disguises it is virtually impossible to always recognize it. Fear disguises itself as the need to be somewhere else, doing something else, not knowing how to do something or not needing to do something.

A thin man can squeeze into a fat body, yet you can only squeeze a fat man to become thin

Falling into true love, is not taking a rope to climb out

It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

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

People are like the waves, all similar, none the same

The deeper magic always comes, in the intense sorcery of your inner silence.

The highest wisdom is to know that you know nothing.

I only know everything if you ask the right questions.

The effects you will have on your students are infinite and currently unknown; you will possibly shape the way they proceed in their careers, the way they will vote, the way they will behave as partners and spouses, the way they will raise their kids.

Be brave enough to never yearnFor that you cannot hold closeIn your heart forever.Tread lightly, cherish compassionAnd live in the moment without fear.

To ensure health in mind, body and spirit; increase giving and receiving love.

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

What we can change is our perceptions, which have the effect of changing everything.

Usually, if you think something's wrong, it probably is...

People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things. You don't necessarily even have to be afraid of punishment after death; purgatory, hell, and heaven are things that a lot of people can't accept, but still a religion, it doesn't matter which, keeps a person on the right path. It isn't the fear of God but the upholding of one's own honor and conscience. How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were t

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

Never underestimate yourself when you do what is right. Never overestimate yourself when you do what is wrong.

Knowledge is like an endless resource; a well of water that satisfies the innate thirst of the growing human soul. Therefore never stop learning... because the day you do, you will also stop maturing.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.

I would rather carry around a plastic bag with five thousand Euro inside, than carry around a Louis Vuitton/Gucci/Prada bag with only one hundred Euro inside!

God, listen to the absurdity within us and raise us from the illusion!

A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for.

Lifes like a painters palette, just when you've got everything worked out the colours change

Sometimes the only way to succeed is to fail backwards

If your treated like a puppet find a new ball of string

Knowledge never grows old it is eternally young.

Avoid being narrow-minded it's a fat world.

Only gravity can hold me down only myself can hold me back.” ~ Amunhotep El Bey

The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect it calls up resources of strength and courage they did not know they had.

If what you are able to give to others, in this life, is only proportionate to what you received from people in your past— it only means one thing. You are a victim of life's circumstances, a direct and utter equivalent of what has been done to you. Rise above and become more! Be better than what happened to you.

The quest for knowledge and wisdom is true connection to divinity.

Love is the unification of two equal opposites to create new love." ~ Amunhotep El Bey

I will work while I can.

[A]lthough wisdom is built on life experience, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing.

You know a person is teaching the truth when no one debates it." ~ Amunhotep El Bey

Each situation is a blossom to be picked with a curious spirit.

Real Love for ourselves by definition includes every aspect of our lives—the good, the bad, the difficult, the challenging past, the uncertain future, as well as all the shameful, upsetting experiences and encounters we’d just as soon forget.

A hallowed frequency withinThat, even in your darkest hour,You can always turn to.

The act of silence is wisdom for ignoring a provoking situation.

Sometimes our work as caregivers is not for the faint of heart. But, you will never know what you are made of until you step into the fire. Step bravely!

Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!

Burying your head in the sand does not make you invisible it only leads to suffocation.

How much weight can carry a thought which does not acknowledge that it is an illusion?

Which eternity can be bigger or smaller? But which reality can be an eternity in your mind?

Rain drops are not the ones who bring the clouds.

Contentment comes from wanting what we need, not needing what we want.

The human heart will never wrinkle.

Be like the date that grows sweeter and sweeter , even though the soil that nourishes it is rocky and harsh

Within Siddhartha there slowly grew and ripened the knowledge of what wisdom really was and the goal of his long seeking. It was nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. This thought matured in him slowly, and it was reflected in Vasudeva's old childlike face: harmony, knowledge of the eternal perfection of the world, and unity.

Leopards don't change their spots

Big secrets were catastrophic. However hard you try to hide them, they bob to the surface and you must go over them again and again. They are taken out so often they become worn smooth as a river stone. You have to carry them around you like a baby. The secret grows until you feel like you are a skin that covers it, a thin skin, easily split, ripe

This is because secrets are terrible things. Even the simplest ones

Buffalo Hump knew his son was brave, but that was not enough. If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long.

All the stars in the sky cannot worth as much as yours only because it belongs to you.

Don't ya wanna hear the secret?' his eyes were narrow and mean, despite the glaze of rum. Louer drained his glass and slammed it to the bar. 'You get happy by learnin' to say 'yes' to what life offers you, but stay happy by rememberin' when to start sayin' 'no'.

Mate after mate we find ourselves trying to adapt to who they want us to be till eventually we lose our true identity. We spend countless years learning each mate but never take the time to learn ourselves. In the end we know our mates better than we know ourselves. If and when the mate walks away we are stuck living with a stranger, ourselves. If u can't find comfort in urself how can anyone else find comfort in u?

we're stuck with freedom. we can't push it off on genes.

All the roads of life end in death.

Nobody has ever been beyond his own Illusion of Life.

Reach high for the stars that hidden in your soul. Dream precedes the goal

However much we would adore the past it will forever die in the future with us.

Nobody can open the gates of death without closing them again after him.

Have you ever been further away than yourself? Where?

What clouds may wet the gaze without hope of emptiness within us?

Was there ever something not known before it was recognized?

What shell did not feel the sound waves and which bird did not face at least once the wind?