176 Spiritual Wisdom Quotes

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Famous Spiritual Wisdom Quotes

In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom. — Euripides

Spiritual life is like living water that springs up from the very depths of our own spiritual experience. In spiritual life everyone has to drink from his or her own well. — Bernard of Clairvaux

The middle path is the way to wisdom — Rumi

Wise people have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it. — Aristotle

Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. — Eric Liddell

Better a drop of wisdom than an ocean of gold — Greek Proverbs

Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom - all other knowledge is transient. — Plato

Wisdom overcomes fortune. — Juvenal

Wisdom was a teapot, pouring from above. Desolation angels, served it up with love. — Patti Smith

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future. - American Indian Proverbs

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future. — American Indian Proverbs

My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love. — Mahatma Gandhi

Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people naturally. — Ram Dass

The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power. - Paracelsus

The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power. — Paracelsus

Spirituality is like a bird: If you hold it too closely, it chokes, And if you hold it too loosely, it escapes. — Yisroel Salanter

Wisdom and power follow endurance and patience. — Muhammad

Short Spiritual Wisdom Quotes

  • Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain. — General Robert E. Lee
  • The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances. — Atisa
  • True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self. — John Calvin
  • Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge. — Arthur Rimbaud
  • Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer. — Francis of Assisi
  • Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. — Sophocles

Top 10 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

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

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

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions. — Hafez

Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned" — Al-Ghazali

Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house. - Shams Tabrizi

Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house. — Shams Tabrizi

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

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

Spiritual Wisdom Image Quotes

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance. - Anthony De Mello quote

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance. — Anthony De Mello

When the raindrop touches the ocean, can it tell a story. - Mooji quote

When the raindrop touches the ocean, can it tell a story. — Mooji

Both light and shadow are the dance of Love. - Rumi quote

Both light and shadow are the dance of Love. — Rumi

Spiritual wisdom quote It hurts because it matters.
It hurts because it matters.

Positive Wisdom Spiritual Quotes

Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come. — Rumi

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do. — Byron Katie

It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it matters only that you love — John Lennon

Spiritual wisdom quote Be not afraid of going slowly, Be afraid of standing still.
Be not afraid of going slowly, Be afraid of standing still.

In the universe there is an immeasurable, indescribable force which shamens call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link. — Carlos Castaneda

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story. — Byron Katie

Spiritual wisdom quote How you make others feel about themselves says a lot about you.
How you make others feel about themselves says a lot about you.

We all come to this planet as spiritual beings destined to experience a variety of challenges and situation in order to grow and evolve spiritually. — James Van Praagh

Silence is sometimes the best answer — Dalai Lama

Compassion is a living, breathing, organic emotion that vibrates through you and links you to those around you. — Deepak Chopra

Everything that's coming into your life, you are attracting into your life. And it's attracted to you by virtue of the images you're holding in your mind. It's what you're thinking. Whatever is going on in your mind you are attracting to you! — Bob Proctor

Spiritual Words Of Wisdom Inspirational Quotes

Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong. — Lao Tzu

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. The Bible is endorsed by the ages. Our civilization is built upon its words. In no other book is there such a collection of inspired wisdom, reality, and hope. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

When a pure devotee or spiritual master speak, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Parampara System. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Spiritual wisdom quote A ship in harbour is safe but thats not what ships are for.
A ship in harbour is safe but thats not what ships are for.

What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life. — Emil Brunner

Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow. — Sakyong Mipham

All you realy need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and at ease with yourself. — Eckhart Tolle

Spiritual wisdom quote Life is like a piano, the white keys represent happiness and the black shows sadness, but as you go
Life is like a piano, the white keys represent happiness and the black shows sadness, but as you go through life's journey, remember that the black keys also makes music.

The inward journey is about finding your own fullness, something that no one else can take away. — Deepak Chopra

As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others - what and whom we can work with, and how - becomes wider. — Pema Chodron

Man is born only as a potential. He can become a thorn for himself and for others, he can also become a flower for himself and for others. — Osho

Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life. — Paulo Coelho

Spiritual Words Of Wisdom Quotes

Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory. - Al-Shafi‘i

Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory. — Al-Shafi‘i

The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside. — Tenzin Palmo

You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too. — Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

Spiritual wisdom quote Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.
Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.

The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be. — Shakti Gawain

You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you. — Dallin H. Oaks

We must enhance the light, not fight the darkness. — A. D. Gordon

Spiritual wisdom quote Every time you judge someone else, you reveal an unhealed part of yourself.
Every time you judge someone else, you reveal an unhealed part of yourself.

Absolute consciousness is manifest here in every circumstance of daily life because it is everywhere full and perfect. Consciousness is said to be the cause of all things because it is everywhere emergent as each manifest entity. — Abhinavagupta

If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart. — Rumi

Wise women tuck Godly wisdom into the words they speak and even more into the words they choose not to speak. — Lysa TerKeurst

God is building Himself in to us, making Himself part of us as the Word rules, dominates and sanctifies our spirit nature. — T. B. Joshua

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

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

Spiritual wisdom quote Stop trying to calm the storm. Calm yourself, the storm will pass.
Stop trying to calm the storm. Calm yourself, the storm will pass.

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

Spiritual wisdom quote Silence is better than bullshit.
Silence is better than bullshit.

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

Great 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

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

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

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

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

Spiritual wisdom quote Do not correct a fool or he will hate you. Correct a wise man and he will appreciate you.
Do not correct a fool or he will hate you. Correct a wise man and he will appreciate you.

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

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

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

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. — Frederick Douglass

Spiritual wisdom quote A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.
A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.

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

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

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

Life Wisdom Quotes

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. — Dalai Lama

Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom. — Queen Elizabeth II

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. — Socrates

I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees. — Emiliano Zapata

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao Tzu

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

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. — Immanuel Kant

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. — Socrates

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

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

Wise Wisdom Quotes

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

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

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

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. — Grantland Rice

Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different. — C. S. Lewis

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others. — Otto von Bismarck

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it. — Thomas S. Monson

True Wisdom Quotes

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. - Socrates

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

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

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. — Abraham Lincoln

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

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. — Akhenaton

Spiritual Growth Quotes

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. — Deepak Chopra

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead. — Morihei Ueshiba

We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near. — Teresa of Avila

Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing; and we must bear in mind that growth, physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, is the sole end of education. — Charlotte Mason

Physical strength (hard work), mental strength (perseverance) and spiritual strength (love & acceptance) are the keys to continuous growth. — Rickson Gracie

I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be. — Albert Einstein

Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love. — M. Scott Peck

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart - Rumi

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart — Rumi

Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution. — Deepak Chopra

The quickest way to change your attitude toward pain is to accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth. — M. Scott Peck

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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

In the land of "I know," there is always competitiveness, jealousy, pretence, pride and arrogance. It is an aggressive realm - the realm of the ego. I say refuse citizenship. In the land of "I dont know," the inhabitants move without conflict and are naturally quiet, happy and peaceful. The wise stay here. — Mooji

When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy. — Hafez

The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard. — Hafez

Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred... Now is the time for you to deeply compute the impossibility that there is anything but grace. — Hafez

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents. — Ludwig van Beethoven

The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners. — Hafez

The more in harmony you are with the flow of your own existence, the more magical life becomes. — Adyashanti

Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out. — Hafez

When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other. — Margaret J. Wheatley

Individuals do not meet by chance. They are necessary in the experiences of others, though they may not always use their opportunities in a spiritual way or manner. — Edgar Cayce

Ignoring the mind is a beautiful sadhana. This is what many of the sages did. They ignored the mind out of existence. It loses its influence and its potency when it is ignored. — Mooji

Joys and sorrows are time-born and cannot last. Therefore, do not be perturbed by these. The greater the difficulties and obstructions, the more intense will be your endeavor to cling to His feet and the more will your prayer increase from within. And when the time is ripe, you will gain mastery over this power. — Anandamayi Ma

The winds that sometimes take something we love, are the same that bring us something we learn to love. Therefore we should not cry about something that was taken from us, but, yes, love what we have been given. Because what is really ours is never gone forever. — Bob Marley

When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us. — Oswald Chambers

Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart. — Corrie Ten Boom

We have forgotten what rocks and plants still know - we have forgotten how to be - to be still - to be ourselves - to be where life is here and now — Eckhart Tolle

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