Quotes about Wisdom

I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. I am of the nature to have ill health. There is no way to escape ill health. I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape death. All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them. My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. They are the ground upon which I stand. To

Why wander all over the world looking for something you already have? You are already the richest person on Earth.

I bowed my heard, and I knew that we have a lot to learn from the leaf because it was not afraid - it knew that nothing can be born and nothing can die.

Shallow understanding accompanies shallow compassion. Great understanding goes with great compassion.

In fact, father and mother are two aspects of the same reality. Father is more expressive side of wisdom or understanding, and mother the side of love or compassion...Without understanding there cannot be true love, and without love there cannot be understanding

A person who looks at the table and can see the universe is a person who can see the way.

Now I see that if one doesn't know how to die, one can hardly know how to live - because death is a part of life.

Whatever views we hold, we should be careful not to get caught up in thinking that our view is the "best" and that only we have the truth.

Ignorance is in each cell of our body and our consciousness. It's like a drop of ink diffused in a glass of water.

Knowledge is the first obstacle of the mind that a meditator should be able to remove. We should not be too sure of anything.

Fear gives life to anger. You don't have peace when fear is there, so it becomes the soil on which anger can grow. Fear is based on ignorance, and this lack of understanding is also a primary cause of anger.

The people who wrote down the Bible and the people who wrote down the Mahayana sutras were artists. They used images to express their insights.