Top 100 Wisdom Quotes

1

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

2

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

3

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

4

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

There's no one as transparent as the person who thinks he's devilish ...5

There's no one as transparent as the person who thinks he's devilish deep.

6

Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools.

7

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

8

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

9

There is no substitute for knowledge. To this day, I read three newspapers a day. It is impossible to read a paper without being exposed to ideas. And ideas - more than money - are the real currency for success.

10

It is a very great mistake to imagine that the object of loyalty is the authority and interest of one individual man, however dignified by the applause or enriched by the success of popular actions.

Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and ...11

Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.

12

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

13

In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced by a new one: who does not obey shall not eat.

14

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

15

You have to get something that is beyond, something special, something unique that happens to you, by which you become one with the whole. This is what should be asked for, not for all other things that people ask for. Isn't it? That's the truth. You have to achieve it, to be in your collective consciousness.

16

Live for this life as though you live in it forever and live for the life to come as though you die tomorrow.

17

The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.

18

It is reported from 'Ubayd ibn 'Umayr (radiAllahu anhu) that he said: "It used to be said when winter came: O people of the Qur`an, the night has become long so you can pray (more) and the day has become short for you to fast."

19

One should guard against believing the great masses to be more stupid than they actually are.

20

Do not fix hopes on your health, and do not laugh away life. Remember how they walked and now all their joints lie separately, and the tongue with which they talked lightly is eaten away by the worms

21

It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother's milk.

22

When my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness as an opening and an escape My sins seemed very great to me but when I compared them to Your forgiveness I found Your forgiveness to be greater

23

By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty: one must not conceal any part of what on has recognized to be true. It is evident that any restriction on academic freedom acts in such a way as to hamper the dissemination of knowledge among the people and thereby impedes national judgment and action.

24

One world, one mankind cannot exist in the face of six, four or even two scales of values: We shall be torn apart by this disparity of rhythm, this disparity of vibrations.

25

No system of education is complete that does not harden the hands and toughen muscles, while it is also develops the intellect and enlarges the heart...only through work do we attain the true symmetry, strength, and glory of godly manhood and womanhood.

26

The heart sometimes leaps forward when the head tells us to be still. When this happens, patience is clearly called for as we seek to find a proper balance between impulse and discretion.

27

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

28

Those who Know they do not Know that to Know is to Know what they do not Know!

29

The wise man is astonished by anything.

30

Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.

31

The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.

32

Inform all the troops that communications have completely broken down.

33

...I tried to kill myself. It was a feeble attempt, but I did. And I got put in a mental hospital for a month, and I got myself straight and worked on my mental health...it's nothing that I hide. It's nothing to be proud of or to be ashamed of. It's part of my life, you know? And I'm still here!

34

Like us many have spoken over this spring, but they were gone in the twinkling of an eye. We conquered the world with bravery and might, but we did not take it with us to the grave.

35

Where is there a boy to whom the call of the wild and the open road does not appeal?

36

Scoutmasters need the capacity to enjoy the out-of-doors.

37

The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.

38

It is only when you know a boy's environment that you can know what influences to bring to bear.

39

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

40

He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom.

41

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended

42

"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?" "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet . Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said. "What's that?" the Unbeliever asked. "Wisdom from the Western Taoist,"I said. "It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh," he said. "It is," I said. "That's not about Taoism," he said. "Oh, yes it is," I said.

43

Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.

44

To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.

45

Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the wind is in the North, and that if people marry too young the children will be female. He tells us that the blood of females is blacker than that of males; that the pig is the only animal liable to measles; that an elephant suffering from insomnia should have its shoulders rubbed with salt, olive-oil, and warm water; that women have fewer teeth than men, and so on. Nevertheless, he is considered by the great majority of philosophers a paragon of wisdom.

46

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.

47

The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.

48

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.

49

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing.

50

Hitherto the plans of the educationalists have achieved very little of what they attempted, and indeed we may well thank the beneficent obstinacy of real mothers, real nurses, and (above all) real children for preserving the human race in such sanity as it still possesses.

51

I will not be at the mercy of the telephone!

52

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

53

There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

54

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy.

55

They said it couldn't be done, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.

56

Pick yourself up when you're feeling down. No one else is likely to.

57

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

58

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

59

A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere.

60

Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.

61

Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and re-read them...digest them...a student will find that his mental constitution is more affected by one book thoroughly mastered than by 20 books he has merely skimmed.

62

You are only as good as the woman you are standing beside.

63

Look twice before you leap.

64

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

65

So live for the kingdom of God. Seek to bring glory to Jesus Christ and the Lord will use you. It is my prayer, my constant and daily prayer, that God would keep me useable.

66

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

67

Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

68

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

69

To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

70

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.

71

All we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates.

72

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.

73

Pure morality is only an instinctive adjustment which the soul makes.

74

Change only takes place through action, not through meditation and prayer.

75

The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.

76

If you divorce capital from labor, capital is hoarded, and labor starves.

77

Municipal laws are a supply to the wisdom of each individual; and, at the same time, by restraining the natural liberty of men, make private interest submit to the interest of the public.

78

We may go to church once a week, but our Christian life is daily - step-by-step.

79

There is only one path, though there are many ways to experience it.

80

We must begin looking at each other as brothers and sisters...and not walking brochures. We must see each other's strengths and encourage those strengths....We must see each others weaknesses and be patient with those weaknesses... sometimes even look beyond what we see as "weaknesses" and move on with compassion and love and respect. That takes true faith.

81

In order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it. This doesn't mean you give up your intention to create your desire...and you don't give up the desire. You give up your attachment to the result.

82

For nearly a hundred years, we have known that the material world is an illusion. Everything that seems solid - a rock, a tree, your body - is actually 99.999% empty space.

83

In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.

84

You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.

85

Given the unprecedented ignorance of the Bible in contemporary America, it is likely that more young Americans will only know the Noah of 'Noah.' We can only hope that the film offers even a fraction of the wisdom of the original.

86

Time-honoured insights are often trivialised as cliches.

87

Those who don't know the mistakes of the past won't be able to enjoy it when they make them again in the future.

88

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

89

You can't know it all. No matter how smart you are, no matter how comprehensive your education, no matter how wide ranging your experience, there is simply no way to acquire all the wisdom you need to make your business thrive.

90

Blessed if you do... Blessed if you don't... Blessed no matter what!

91

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.

92

The past has no power over the present moment.

93

Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of consciousness and the burning up of the ego.

94

To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer the universe.

95

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.

96

The mind sees the world as a thing apart, And the soul makes the world at one with itself. A mirror scratched reflects no image— And this is the silence of wisdom.

97

There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.

98

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

99

In such a strait the wisest may well be perplexed and the boldest staggered.

100

With all respect to Mr. Jefferson, I would put the pursuit of wisdom ahead of the pursuit of happiness.

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