Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions. — Hafez
If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice? — David Livingstone
A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. — Ruth Graham
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow before children. — Kahlil Gibran
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. — Ronald Reagan
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. — Hudson Taylor
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. — Albert Einstein
Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. — Dorothy Parker
Great Wisdom Image Quotes
Where no one intrudes, many can live in harmony. — Chief Dan George
Do not allow yourselves to be deceived: Great Minds are Skeptical. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library. — Luther Standing Bear
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream. — Jack Kerouac
Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule. — Charles Dickens
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way
Real Wisdom Quotes
The real work is in the Heart:
Wake up your Heart! Because when the heart is completely awake,
Then it needs no Friend. — Rabia Basri
Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know. — Leo Tolstoy
Life comes when you have knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, when you can see for real, touch, and feel for real, know for real. Then you are truly living. — RZA
Conventional wisdom holds that motivation is the key to habit change. Maybe if you really wanted it, you'd actually do it. But the truth is, our real motivation is to be lazy and to do what is convenient. — James Clear
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. — Calvin Coolidge
The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.
The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is. — Jack Kerouac
This life is not real. I conquered the world and it did not bring me satisfaction. — Muhammad Ali
A mind that has come to the stillness of wisdom shall know being, shall know what it is to love. Love is neither personal nor impersonal. Love is love, not to be defined or described by the mind as exclusive or inclusive. Love is its own eternity; it is the real, the supreme, the immeasurable. — Aldous Huxley
Being negative is easy. There will always be a downside to everything good, a hurdle to everything desirable, a con to every pro. The real courage is in finding the good in what you have, the opportunities in every hurdle, the pros in every con. — Carolyn Hax
True Wisdom Quotes
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. — Socrates
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. — Mother Teresa
If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once. — Tupac Shakur
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. — Rumi
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao Tzu
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. — Socrates
To achieve you need a to-do list. To achieve greatness you need a not-to-do list. Use this tip for your personal success and business goals. Start writing down aspirations you don’t need to get done right now and use as monthly moonshot goals. I prefer to call this a “not-yet-list.” It helps keep your “to-do-list” shorter without losing sight of a great idea. Eventually items from the not-yet-list move to the to-do-list.
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it. — Ivan Panin
The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover the laws of truth. — Jagadish Chandra Bose
Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation.
So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance.
But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge. — Ramakrishna
The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations. — Haile Selassie
Spiritual Wisdom Quotes
Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness. — Ibn Taymiyyah
People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. — Albert Einstein
To a great mind, nothing is little.
Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned" — Al-Ghazali
If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears, one destroys. — Chief Dan George
Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house. — Shams Tabrizi
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together
At the end of the day, you can have something in your head, something in your hand, or something in your heart. What are you choosing? — Mooji
All the ups and downs are grace in different wrappings, sent to refine consciousness. Say thanks to them all. — Mooji
If you do not trust life to unfold, the mind takes over and it becomes a game of strategy, motivated by anxiety. This mistrust is unfair. Life has given us so much, and yet we do not trust it. — Mooji
How could I bear a crown of gold when the Lord bears a crown of thorns? And bears it for me! — Elizabeth of Hungary
Wise Wisdom Quotes
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. — Charles Spurgeon
Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. — Dalai Lama
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them. — Friedrich Nietzsche
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. — Socrates
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.This was said by gene wilder ... what does it mean ? — Gene Wilder
To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him. — Al-Shafi‘i
There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself. — Laurell K. Hamilton
We have a right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right. — Ravi Zacharias
Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Put aside your pride,
Set down your arrogance,
And remember your grave. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Very Wise Quotes
A very wise quote is a spectacular waterfall! When you see it, you feel its power! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Those who take the lead take it by doing three things. First, science to be able to manoeuvre; second, knowledge to be able to heavily invest in education; and third, a very wise leadership with a clear vision and a roadmap to the right direction. — Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot. And although I never forgot it, I never quite memorized it either. So what I’m left with is the memory of having learned something very wise that I can’t quite remember. — George Carlin
Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice? — Bette Midler
Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise Jehovah take his ministers oftentimes away into darkness and loneliness and trouble, that he may sharpen and prepare them for harder work in his service. — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
As Freud has shown, blunders are not the merest chance. They are the result of suppressed desires and conflicts. They are ripples on the surface of life, produced by unsuspected springs. And these may be very deep - as deep as the soul itself. The blunder may amount to the opening of a destiny. — Joseph Campbell
Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did. — Christine de Pizan
'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.' — John Abbott
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. — J. R. R. Tolkien
Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first. — Audrey Hepburn
Human Wisdom Quotes
We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock. — Queen Elizabeth II
A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people — Al-Ghazali
If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation. — Lao Tzu
The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed! — Hildegard of Bingen
To love is human. To feel pain is human. Yet to still love despite the pain is pure angel. — Rumi
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. — J. R. R. Tolkien
Do not surrender your grief so quickly Let it cut more deeply Let it ferment and season you As few human or divine ingredients can Something is missing in my heart tonight That has made my eyes so soft And my voice so tender And my need of God so absolutely clear. — Hafez
All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry. — Al-Shafi‘i
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. — Alexandre Dumas
Divine Wisdom Quotes
Dear friend,
Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets. — Al-Ghazali
We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light! — Hafez
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. — Francis of Assisi
As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life. — Joseph Prince
It is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disenfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine right of money-raising or by sheer assumption, have the power to do as they think best without consulting the wisdom of mankind. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy. — Said Nursi
By living a life based on wisdom and truth, one can discover the divinity of the soul, its union to the universe, the supreme peace and contentment which comes from satisfying the inner drive for self-discovery. — Egyptian Proverbs
The eye of the heart, though closed in fallen man, is able to take in a glimmering of light and this is faith. But anyway of living causes a covering like rust to accumulate over the heart so that it cannot sense the Divine origin of Allah's message. — Martin Lings
I, the fiery life of divine wisdom, I ignite the beauty of the plains, I sparkle the water, I burn in the sun, and the moon, and the stars. — Hildegard of Bingen
O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at birth, consisting in the power to control and direct my own mind to whatever ends I might desire. — Napoleon Hill
Life Wisdom Quotes
Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom. — Queen Elizabeth II
I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees. — Emiliano Zapata
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. — Immanuel Kant
My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference. — Harry S. Truman
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. — Nhat Hanh
You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. — C. S. Lewis
Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different. — C. S. Lewis
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. — Albert Einstein
Old Wisdom Quotes
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. — Pericles
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. — Leon Trotsky
In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place. — Susan L. Taylor
When an old man dies, a library is burned with him. — African Proverbs
The young have the strength, the old have the wisdom. — Albanian Proverbs
Take an old man’s counsel and an experienced man’s knowledge — Greek Proverbs
It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides. — George Sand
How earthy old people become --moldy as the grave! Their wisdom smacks of the earth. There is no foretaste of immortality in it. They remind me of earthworms and mole crickets. — Henry David Thoreau
Wisdom And Knowledge Quotes
Any fool can know. The point is to understand. — Albert Einstein
Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts which simply do not make evolutionary sense. — Richard Dawkins
If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant? — Ibn Taymiyyah
Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge. — Nicolaus Copernicus
Someday, in the distant future, our grand-children' s grand-children will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge. — Plato
The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Accumulating knowledge is a form of avarice and lends itself to another version of the Midas story ...man [is] so avid for knowledge that everything that he touches turns to facts; his faith becomes theology; his love becomes lechery; his wisdom becomes science; pursuing meaning, he ignores truth. — Malcolm Muggeridge
Nothing exists; even if something exists, nothing can be known about it; and even if something can be known about it, knowledge about it can't be communicated to others. — Gorgias
Knowledge is not power, it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power. Understanding why and when to apply that knowledge is wisdom! — Takeda Shingen
An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door. — Charles Dickens
The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard. — Hafez
We need spirited, energetic and strong young people whose hearts are filled with life, enthusiasm, zeal and dynamism; whose souls are full of ambition, aspiration and vigor and have great goals, rising and aspiring to reach them until they eventually arrive at their destination. — Hassan al-Banna
It is great to be faced with the impossible, for nothing is impossible if one is meant to do it. Wisdom will be given, and strength. When the Lord leads, He always strengthens. — Amy Carmichael
We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that. — Chief Joseph
The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things because they don't look for recognition. Their wisdom is contained in what they are, not their opinions. They refuse to argue, so no-one argues with them. — Lao Tzu
Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out. — Hafez
How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right. — Black Hawk
The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart. — Mencius
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles. — Black Elk
The things of nature are the Lord's silent ministers, given to us to teach us spiritual truths. They speak to us of the love of God and declare the wisdom of the great Master Artist. — Ellen G. White
Dance training can't be separate from life training. Everything that comes into our lives is training. The qualities we admire in great dancing are the same qualities we admire in human beings: honesty, courage, fearlessness, generosity, wisdom, depth, compassion,and humanity. — Alonzo King
The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion. — Robert Frost
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. — Thomas A. Edison
Very few people try to know themselves. And those who have been able to know themselves even a little. That peoples great. The whole world knows him. — Vishesh Panthi
What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life. — Emil Brunner
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. — Jack Kerouac
Now the fate of the country depends entirely on our army, on our heroes, our security forces, all our defenders. And on our people, your wisdom and the great support of all friends of our country. Glory to Ukraine! — Volodymyr Zelenskyy
It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others. — Saint John of the Cross
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
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. — Chen Shui-bian
it is a principle of his that no man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner. He says, no varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself. — Charles Dickens
When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them. — Chief Seattle
You ask me to plow the ground. Shall I take a knife and tear my mother's bosom? Then when I die she will not take me to her bosom to rest. — Wovoka
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