Quotes on Wisdom

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.

Don't be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength

Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance.

You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.

A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people

Those unacquainted with the world take pleasure in intimacy with great men; those who are wiser fear the consequences.

The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things because they don't look for recognition. Their wisdom is contained in what they are, not their opinions. They refuse to argue, so no-one argues with them.

Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.

The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.

The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out an inner journey. The inner journey is the interpolation of the meanings and signs of the outer pilgrimage. One can have one without the other. It is best to have both.

There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.