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
Dreamy Use quotations
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
Love is man's natural endowment, but he doesn't know how to use it.
He refuses to recognize the power of love because of his love of power.
Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.
India is using troops in Kashmir. They are losing the battle of heart and minds. It's like treating cancer with dispirin.
We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.
One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy and only useful as he contributes his influences for the finer callings in life.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
When someone isn’t smart enough to express their frustration, they use dirty words. Those are words that describe a lack of intelligence. Smart people don’t use those kind of dirty words, because they find it an insult to their intelligence.
I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.
Be aware of your own worth, use all of your power to achieve it.
Create an ocean from a dewdrop. Do not beg for light from the moon, obtain it from the spark within you.
I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone, it's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.
Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do.
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.
In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are.
If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
Do not think dishonestly... Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters. Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything. Perceive those things which cannot be seen. Pay attention even to trifles. Do nothing which is of no use.
There's nothing inherently dirty about sex, but if you try real hard and use your imagination you can overcome that.
Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body.
It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world. It is the temple which houses the Pure Self within.
You can't use an old map to explore a new world.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.
Use money and love people. Don't love money and use people.
Kinky sex involves the use of duck feathers. Perverted sex involves the whole duck.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
People will hurt you. But don't use that as an excuse for your poor choices, use it as motivation to make the right ones.
The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map.
It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together.
The purpose of life is not to be happy.
It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
You can't be who you are going to be and who you used to be at the same time.
Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument