Quotes about Wisdom

Meet struggle and master it, says nature, and you shall have strength and wisdom sufficient for all your needs.

HUMILITY: Imitate Jesus and Socrates.

It pays to know how to purchase knowledge.

Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.

A man should be decided always, both where he knows and where he does not know. He should be as ready to say "no" as "yes", as quick to acknowledge his ignorance as to impart his knowledge. If he stands upon fact, and acts from the simple truth, he will find no room for halting between two opinions.

Some men know that they are being influenced by the women of their choice—their wives, sweethearts, mothers, or sisters—but they tactfully refrain from rebelling against the influence because they are intelligent enough to know that no man is happy or complete without the modifying influence of the right woman. The man who does not recognize this important truth deprives himself of the power which has done more to help men achieve success than all other forces combined.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

If I could give one piece of advice, it would be 'If you're angry with a family member, talk to God about it, not the other members of your family.'

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

With increasing age, dullness of mind and heart sets in.

To me, the relationship between a teacher and a student is based on on the trust that the teacher has practiced and continues ti practice what he teachers

In the Diamond Sutra the meditator is urged to throw away, to release, four notions in order to understand our own true nature and the true nature of reality: the notion of "self," the notion of "human being," the notion of "living beings," and the notion of "life span.