Wise Quotations Quotes - Page 2

It is incredible how many hurts can be healed by the two words, 'I'm sorry.

At that very first kiss of my life I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish, all the secrets that slept deep within my limbic brain came awake. I felt billions of Beach Boys playing their sweet melody inside my heart in perfect harmony with the universe.

Light up the radiant flame of conscience, goodwill and compassion in your heart, and go over the length and breadth of your society in the pursuit of shedding light over the whole world. And in time, you’ll become a glorious sun that will shine over the entire human population.

Clear skies do not promise rain.

Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.

It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.

Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.

Your knowledge can stir the world, your intellect can move it, your wisdom can shake it, but only your love can truly change it.

A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.

Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.

Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.

Brave cubs become fierce lions.

It is in vain to try and kick the wind.

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.

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

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

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.

If the grass is greener on the other side, try planting better seeds.

The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.

Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.

The greatest religion you can ever have throughout your entire existence, is Love.

Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.

It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.

Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.

Be merry, because it confuses your enemies; happy, because it annoys them; cheerful, because it angers them; and joyful, because it kills them.

When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.

If the grass is greener on the other side, start watering your own.

Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow.

If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled.

Weakness is weaker when discovered by others.

If you place two flowers in the same vase, they will not argue over who is more beautiful.

Be like the sun; warm to everyone, even your enemies.

A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter.

Never focus your attention on what the world has to say about you. Rather turn your focus inside and listen to what your inner voice has to say to you.

Light travels halfway around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.

Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them.

A flower has no choice in where it is planted, but does have a choice in the direction it grows.

Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.