The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
— Socrates
Cheerful True Wisdom quotations
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once.
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.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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.
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.
The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover the laws of truth.
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.
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.
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.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
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.
To believe that you depend on things and people for happiness is due to ignorance of your true nature; to know that you need nothing to be happy, except Self-knowledge, is wisdom.
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves;
this notion consists in having a true idea of the objects; objects are distinguished and known by classifying them methodically and giving them appropriate names. Therefore, classification and name-giving will be the foundation of our science.
To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
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.
To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.
Our own true nature is Infinite Joy! Always happy, Always peaceful, Always free.
We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone.
We do not respect the living and fruitful contradictions and paradoxes of which true life is full.
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.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
Developing compassion and wisdom and helping those in need is the true meaning of life.
Christ is the true light of the world;
it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
Enlightenment, or true happiness, is not a transcendental state.
It is a condition of broad wisdom, boundless energy, and good fortune wherein we each shape our own destiny, find fulfillment in daily activities, and come to understand our ultimate purpose in life.
Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom.
Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf.
When we consider what, to use the words of the catechism, is the chief end of man, and what are the true necessaries and means of life, it appears as if men had deliberately chosen the common mode of living because they preferred it to any other. Yet they honestly think there is no choice left.
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
We don't need to explain our love. We only need to show it.
Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life.