Wisdom Quotes - Page 36

I hope some day we will learn to use the power of love, not the power of gun and world will see the universal peace.

Nature  …   has made it impossible for us to have any communication from this earth with the other great bodies of the universe, in our present state; and it is highly possible that he has likewise cut off all communication betwixt the other planets, and betwixt the different systems.… We observe, in all of them, enough to raise our curiosity, but not to satisfy it  …   It does not appear to be suitable to the wisdom that shines throughout all nature, to suppose that we should see so far, and have our curiosity so much raised  …   only to be disappointed at the end  …   This, therefore, naturally leads us to consider our present state as only the dawn or beginning of our existence, and as a state of preparation or probation for farther advancement.…

It is in vain to try and kick the wind.

Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of great people, you can unlock the secrets to what made them great.

Love! In this world of pain, you're my vintage wine.

Any idea of separation is bondage. True liberation of the mind is in non-differentiation. And in the pursuit of breaking free from all the shackles of such man-made bondages, science is the most effective tool we have till this date. But in order to bring out all its effectiveness into the human society, it must be sweetened first with the touch of philosophy. Science without Philosophy leads to chaos. Philosophy without Science leads to nowhere. Only together they can construct a better world.

The universe speaks to us, if we have the courage to see it for what it is.

Knowledge deepens with experience.

Keep your opinion to yourself unless it’s asked for.

Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.

Since nothing is absolute There is no absolute silence, Only an appearance Of temporary peace.

Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.

Good intentions do not always suffice.

If you can't climb a tree, shake it, and its fruit will fall.

Our lips were for each other and our eyes were full of dreams. We knew nothing of travel and we knew nothing of loss. Ours was a world of eternal spring, until the summer came.

Music expresses those thoughts and words, which have no form but have longing for love.

Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.

When you are lonely for a while don't get restless, if you had born alone, you are going to die alone then for sometime you can certainly live alone.

There is always an inside from outside the door

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

I am so glad that God's disappointment in me is not greater than his love and I still have a Destiny. I am growing in grace and mercy because that is the only soil that can produce the kind of life that God desires.

You will have relatively less problems to solve, if you don't confuse problems with inconveniences.

Love is the creative force of this universe.

Whatever begun with planning, ends in a victory.

There is a pledge of the big and of the small in the infinite.

Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.

Knowing the answer is knowledge and knowing the question is wisdom.

Find your bones. Believe in what you are.

Imagination is a place where a rational mind travels in time to meet it's god, "The Infinite Mind"!

People can easily forget how fast you did your work, but can hardly forget how well you did it.

When you look at what C.S. Lewis is saying, his message is so anti-life, so cruel, so unjust. The view that the Narnia books have for the material world is one of almost undisguised contempt. At one point, the old professor says, ‘It’s all in Plato’ — meaning that the physical world we see around us is the crude, shabby, imperfect, second-rate copy of something much better. I want to emphasize the simple physical truth of things, the absolute primacy of the material life, rather than the spiritual or the afterlife.]

In the heartfelt mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will visit us, to shine on those sitting in darkness, in the shadow of death, to guide our feet to the way of peace.

we often fall not because, not knowing how to walk but not knowing which way to choose.

Some people today are wandering generalities instead of meaningful specifics because they have failed to discover and mine the wealth of potentials in them.

A visitor is a friend, he brings news, good or bad, which is bread to the hungry minds in lonely places. A real friend who comes to the house is a heavenly messenger, who brings the panis angelorum.

But I stayed up thinking about how I've been lying to him, no less than I lie to myself in my pre-sleep ritual. And I lied to him again just as we were growing more intimate than ever and he asked me about my scar.

When you see things through your heart, there is no right or wrong, true or false, only there is love to share.

People suffer all over the world, every day. But people triumph all over the world every day, too.

Buddhist philosophy points out that the true nature of all forms is essentially formless. Forms do not have an existence of their own, but rather they arise together, and are mutually dependent on one another. Everything in the world of form is constantly changing, constantly dying, and constantly being reborn—which is why Buddhists say that there is no-self; no form that has an existence in and of itself.

Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.

All our unique human achievements may seem to be the creation of the unique human mind, but they are simply the by- products of our neurobiological response to the environment.

Wisdom : balance between survival, principles and emotions.

The ways of the heart are complex.” He looked out at the ocean again. “The waves churn and break upon the rocks, Talon. So do human feelings. Passion can be a man’s undoing. With passion must come wisdom; otherwise, your enemies have a weapon to use against you.

Tell me something only you know and make a new friend.

If she says goodbye, someone else will say hi.

The medicine to fear, these days, is a dose of reality! Because these days the reality is far worse than the disembodiment of the ideal. People today are afraid of the disembodiment of the ideal, because they think the ideal is the reality. A rabbit that does not know it lives in the ground with snakes, is constantly afraid of the sea hawk possibly finding its way to land, to destroy the rabbit’s meadowy existence. In the meadow, living in fear of the sea hawk, not knowing the hole in the ground next to its burrow belongs to a snake. I show the rabbit where the snakes are, thus eliminating its hazardous fear. Misplaced fear is hazardous fear. Fear well placed is a skill for survival.

Happiness will be there if you want to be happy.

Our lives begin to end when we begin to forget to love.

Follow the feelings of your heart, you will find the love.

There is no reticence nor any limit to a 'Majique.' Only the unwillingness of the mind to open itself to the limitless power of possibilities that exist within the unbelievable.

Whenever you find someone full of hate, purify him with forgiveness, bliss and love.

That woman doesn't have the sense God gave a retarded flea.

Don't let yourself stagnate or reach a plateau. Keep learning, keep improving. Be open to change. Your ability to constantly raise the bar higher and set standards will help you evolve and take you to the next level.

Persistence with hope has infinite power, it can create new ways when there is no way.

If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.

It is the possibility of the dream, which quickens my spirit to take action.

All people are enslaved by something.

Marry the one who laughs when you laugh, and you are clever; marry the one who cries when you cry, and you are intelligent, but marry the one who does both with you, and you are wise.

Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand.

Circumstances, events or situations do not have inherent meanings except what you give them