Quotes on Wisdom

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders. I must get off him first, that he may pursue his contemplations too.

Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.

He who wants to do good knocks at the gate: he who loves finds the door open.

I looked at all friends, and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all dresses, but did not find a better dress than piety. I thought about all types of wealth, but did not find a better wealth than contentment in little. I thought of all types of good deeds, but did not find a better deed than offering good advice. I looked at all types of sustenance, but did not find a better sustenance than patience.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.

You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.

Try to be "good", you'll be judged. Try to be yourself, you'll be criticized. Therefore, choose the second option. Evil uses the "nice good people" as puppets. It appears dressed as a poor guy, telling them that he needs help...When these people realize they have been used, it is already too late.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

This act of total surrender is not merely a fantastic intellectual and mystical gamble; it is something much more serious. It is an act of love for this unseen person, who, in the very gift of love by which we surrender ourselves to his reality also makes his presence known to us.

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea.

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.

I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.