Wisdom Quotes

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.You would know in words that which you have always known in thought.You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams.

~ Kahlil Gibran

What I have sought is to understand what has been said.

~ Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

Must not understanding lie open unto wisdom as the pyramids lie open to the stars? (6:2)

~ Aleister Crowley

The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in every century they were proved to be wrong. It follows that the one thing we can say about our modern 'knowledge' is that it is wrong.The young man then quoted with approval what Socrates had said on learning that the Delphic oracle had proclaimed him the wisest man in Greece. 'If I am the wisest man,' said Socrates, 'it is because I alone know that I know nothing.' The implication was that I was very foolish because I was under the impression I knew a great deal.Alas, none of this was new to me. (There is very little that is new to me; I wish my correspondents would realize this.) This particular theme was addressed to me a quarter of a century ago by John Campbell, who specialized in irritating me. He also told me that all theories are proven wrong in time.My answer to him was, 'John, when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.

~ Isaac Asimov

The less people know, the more they talk. The less people understand, the more they try to explain.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight.

~ Margaret Bourke-White

? Life is all about relationships and what actually happens when people relate, when people understand each other. To see each other for who they are, not what we want or expect of them.” Margaret Bouchard

~ Ted Magnuson

I saw something I could never forget. I saw lifetimes of acknowledgement, fear, wisdom, questioning, and understanding in a child's eye. It was the worst thing I would ever witness.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

All I have learned in life really just boils down to this: there is only one difference between the so-called wise and the so-called foolish...and between those who are truly happy and those who are not. Those who are wise - and those who are happy - embrace and appreciate life. Those who are unhappy and unwise do not. That is all, that is the only difference.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

Varzo shrugged. “My people have given them good reason to be biased. The last time you were open and trusting . . . we invaded,” she said unhappily. “Yeah,” muttered the boy just as unhappily. “But while there is good reason for caution, there is never a good reason for hatred, hmm?” He glanced at Varzo and lifted his brows meaningfully.

~ Ash Gray

I’m surprised you haven’t come to hate humans,” Rose said with hesitation. “I mean, given all that happened to you here. I’m pretty sure assimilating wasn’t easy either. You have a sort of foreign look for an American, and Americans are notorious for their xenophobia.”Zita laughed softly. “Me? Hate humans?” She darkly shook her head. “I fought in the Midnight War for thirty years, Rosie. I know what happens when people let hate make decisions for them.

~ Ash Gray

I understand now that you cannot fight for a noble cause with heinous actions.

~ Andre Mikhailovich Solonitsyn

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

~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

The eternal sea of politics is best left to politicians.

~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

Fear sees, even when eyes are closed.

~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

The main secret of his progress, the secret of all wisdom, was, that with him action was the beginning and end of thought.

~ George Macdonald

Patience is an action and a skill to be cultivated. It actually solves more problems that most other actions.

~ John Bruna

Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Virtue is doing it.

~ David Starr Jordan

Wisdom that is not acted upon is just philosophy... but when lived as a verb, wisdom will be the foundation of your success.

~ Steve Maraboli

Happiness is the fragrance, not the fruit of an action.

~ Debasish Mridha

Not the action, but the expectation creates results.

~ Debasish Mridha

A leader first tries to listen, then tries to understand, then creates a common vision and then together takes action for the realization.

~ Debasish Mridha

A purpose directed disciplined action always bring success.

~ Debasish Mridha

Difference between a successful and an unsuccessful person is not the action but the vision.

~ Debasish Mridha

Happiness does not depend on a possession. Happiness depends on action and perception.

~ Debasish Mridha

Happiness comes from action, not from reaction. It is a feeling, not the success, but the perception.

~ Debasish Mridha

Love is the source of all creation, happiness is the essence of all action.

~ Debasish Mridha

When you take an action with love, there is always happiness.

~ Debasish Mridha

When you take an action to improve humanity, you are happy.

~ Debasish Mridha

Thinking is not enough. Nothing is. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience--any fucking thing. No Holy Grail, No Final Satori, no final solution. Just conflict.

~ William S. Burroughs

Love is a lens of an observer. Love is an attitude with action.

~ Bryant Mcgill

Any action is good action, do what you can from where you are and build off of that action each day.

~ Mike Basevic

Stay committed to staying focused and take action that is in line with what you want.

~ Mike Basevic

Theories might inspire you, but experiments will advance you.

~ Amit Kalantri

Your right actions might hurt someone, so if required apologize for your right actions, but don't stop taking right actions.

~ Amit Kalantri

By doing ordinary actions efficiently you will become the best among ordinary, but you will not be an extraordinary.

~ Amit Kalantri

My action is my prayer.

~ Amit Kalantri

Taking action is the best source of inspiration.

~ Amit Kalantri

You have gone through enough theory, now it's time to take actions.

~ Amit Kalantri

I take my actions because of my passion not because of compulsion.

~ Amit Kalantri