111 Quotations Found

Man becomes stupid when he is ruled by his theories, concepts, and ‘great truths.’

Author: Walter Fisher | Subjects: Psychology | Behavior, Wisdom

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.

Author: T.E. Lawrence | Subjects: Psychology | Behavior, Wisdom

The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong
nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.

Author: Ecclesiastes 9:11 | Subjects: Perception | Observation, Wisdom

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.

Author: Indira Gandhi | Subjects: Gratitude, Wisdom

I esteem myself a good, persistent hater of injustice and oppression, but my resentment ceases when they cease, and I have no heart to visit upon children the sins of their fathers.

Author: Frederick Douglass | Subjects: Tolerance, Wisdom

If the monks were right and nothing happens without cause, then the gift of suffering is to bring us closer to God, to teach us to be strong when we are weak, to be brave when we are afraid, to be wise in the midst of confusion, and to let go of that which we can no longer hold. Lasting victories are won in the … [ Read more ]

Authors: James Hayslip, Le Ly Hayslip, Oliver Stone | Source: The movie Heaven & Earth (1993) | Subjects: Pain & Suffering, Wisdom

Karma is the beginning of knowledge. Next is patience. Patience is very important. The strong are the patient ones. Patience means holding back your inclination to the seven emotions: hate, adoration, joy, anxiety, anger, grief, fear. If you don’t give way to the seven, you’re patient. Then you’ll soon understand all manner of things and be in harmony with Eternity.

Author: James Clavell | Subjects: Personal Improvement, Philosophy, Wisdom

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

Author: Lao Tzu | Subjects: Power, Wisdom

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Author: Kahlil Gibran | Subject: Wisdom

If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don’t abide in borrowed certainty. There is no real certainty until you burn; if you wish for this, sit down in the fire.

Author: Mevlana Rumi | Subjects: Intelligence | Knowledge, Wisdom

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is “thank you,” it will be enough.

Author: Meister Eckhart | Subjects: Gratitude, Religion, Wisdom

It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Adler’s Rule | Subject: Wisdom

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Author: Kahlil Gibran | Subjects: Psychology | Behavior, Wisdom

Wisdom consists of knowing when to avoid perfection.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Horowitz’s Rule | Subject: Wisdom

It is impossible for anyone to learn that which he thinks he already knows.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Plutarch’s Rule | Subjects: Education | Scholarship, Wisdom

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided.

Author: Napoleon Bonaparte | Subject: Wisdom

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about … [ Read more ]

Author: Marianne Williamson | Subjects: Psychology | Behavior, Wisdom

If you can distinguish between good advice and bad advice, then you don’t need advice.

Author: Laurence J. Peter | Source: Van Roy’s Law | Murphy’s Law | Subjects: Advice, Gratitude, Personal Improvement, Wisdom

If one views one’s problem closely enough, one will recognize oneself as part of the problem.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Ducharm’s Axiom | Subject: Wisdom

God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.

Author: Mevlana Rumi | Subjects: Religion, Wisdom