Wisdom Quotes

There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed by the eternal intelligence of the Universe that enables a man to approach perfection. It may be in the arts of music and painting or it may be in commerce, law, or medicine. It may be in the study of war or the study of peace. Each is as important as any other. Spiritual enlightenment through religious meditation such as Zen or in any other way is as viable and functional as any Way.... A person should study as they see fit.

~ Miyamoto Musashi

The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.

~ Epicurus

It's always hard to remember love - years pass and you say to yourself, Was I really in love, or was I just kidding myself? Was I really in love, or was I just pretending he was the man of my dreams? Was I really in love, or was I just desperate?

~ Nora Ephron

Nothing and no one is perfect. It just takes a good eye to find those hidden imperfections.

~ Daphne Delacroix

For the senses wander, and when one lets the mind follow them, it carries wisdom away like a windblown ship on the waters.

~ Anonymous

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

~ Plutarch

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

~ Confucius

The most complicated skill is to be simple.

~ Dejan Stojanovic

Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take you eyes off your goal.

~ Henry James

A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still

~ Dale Carnegie

Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation.

~ Alan Cohen

When Don Quixote went out into the world, that world turned into a mystery before his eyes. That is the legacy of the first European novel to the entire subsequent history of the novel. The novel teaches us to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude.

~ Milan Kundera

Where there is anger there is always pain underneath.

~ Eckhart Tolle

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life.

~ Brian Tracy

If you want to fly on the sky, you need to leave the earth. If you want to move forward, you need to let go the past that drags you down.

~ Amit Ray

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

~ Henry Ward Beecher

Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.

~ Karl Lagerfeld

The mermaid is an archetypal image that represents a woman who is at ease in the great waters of life, the waters of emotion and sexuality. She shows us how to embrace our instinctive sexuality and sensuality so that we can affirm the essence of our feminine nature, the wisdom of our bodies, and the playfulness of our spirits. She symbolizes our connection with our deepest instinctive feelings, our wild and untamed animal nature that exists below the surface of outward personalities. She is able to respond to her mysterious sexual impulses without abandoning her more human, conscious side. What happened to the girls who dreamed of being mermaids?

~ Anita Johnston

Bitter your acts, bitter am I,Kindness your deeds, kindness am I,Pleasant and gentle, so you are,Fine honeyed lips and sweet talker.

~ Jalaluddin Rumi

Since there is no real silence, Silence will contain all the sounds, All the words, all the languages, All knowledge, all memory.

~ Dejan Stojanovic

I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived. I believe that all the best faculties of a mature human being exist in the child. . . . that one of the most deeply human, and humane, of these faculties is the power of imagination.

~ Ursula K. Le Guin

REMEMBER YOUR GREATNESSBefore you were born,And were still too tiny forThe human eye to see,You won the race for lifeFrom among 250 million competitors.And yet,How fast you have forgottenYour strength,When your very existenceIs proof of your greatness.You were born a winner,A warrior,One who defied the oddsBy surviving the most gruesomeBattle of them all.And now that you are a giant,Why do you even doubt victoryAgainst smaller numbers,And wider margins?The only walls that exist,Are those you have placed in your mind.And whatever obstacles you conceive,Exist only because you have forgottenWhat you have alreadyAchieved.Poetry by Suzy Kassem

~ Suzy Kassem

If I’d stayed there, would I always have been happy? No, I suppose not. People move away, grow older, die, and the bright belief that there will be another marvelous thing around each corner fades. It is now or never; we must snatch at happiness as it flies.

~ J.l. Carr

We should always be clear that animal exploitation is wrong because it involves speciesism. And speciesism is wrong because, like racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-semitism, classism, and all other forms of human discrimination, speciesism involves violence inflicted on members of the moral community where that infliction of violence cannot be morally justified. But that means that those of us who oppose speciesism necessarily oppose discrimination against humans. It makes no sense to say that speciesism is wrong because it is like racism (or any other form of discrimination) but that we do not have a position about racism. We do. We should be opposed to it and we should always be clear about that.

~ Gary L. Francione

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss

~ Maya Angelou

The light of compassion opens the petals of the heart. When the petals of the heart unfold fragrance spreads across the valley.

~ Amit Ray

Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.

~ Roopleen

Aren't you, like me, hoping that some person, thing, or event will come along to give you that final feeling of inner well-being you desire? Don't you often hope: 'May this book, idea, course, trip, job, country or relationship fulfill my deepest desire.' But as long as you are waiting for that mysterious moment you will go on running helter-skelter, always anxious and restless, always lustful and angry, never fully satisfied. You know that this is the compulsiveness that keeps us going and busy, but at the same time makes us wonder whether we are getting anywhere in the long run. This is the way to spiritual exhaustion and burn-out. This is the way to spiritual death.

~ Henri J.m. Nouwen

The sun always shines above the clouds.

~ Paul F. Davis

Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions.

~ M.m. Kaye

At the end of the day, the questions we ask of ourselves determine the type of people that we will become.

~ Leo Babauta

My father taught me that you can you read a hundred books on wisdom and write a hundred books on wisdom, but unless you apply what you learned then its only words on a page. Life is not lived with intentions, but action.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Remember, whatever you focus upon, increases...When you focus on the things you need, you'll find those needs increasing. If you concentrate your thoughts on what you don't have, you will soon be concentrating on other things that you had forgotten you don't have-and feel worse! If you set your mind on loss, you are more likely to lose...But a grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.

~ Andy Andrews

Soldiers live. He dies and not you, and you feel guilty, because you're glad he died, and not you. Soldiers live, and wonder why.

~ Glen Cook

Forget the place you're trying to get to and see the beauty in right now...

~ Evanescence

Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form.

~ Patañjali

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.

~ Brian Tracy

It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing.

~ Thomas Mcguane

All you can do is make your decisions based on what you know now.

~ Malinda Lo

What good is power when you're too wise to use it?

~ Ursula K. Le Guin