Quotes on Words Of Wisdom

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.

The deepest words _x000D_ of the wise man teach us _x000D_ the same as the whistle of the wind when it blows _x000D_ or the sound of the water when it is flowing.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

What if God were not exactly truth, and if this could be proved? And if he were instead the vanity, the desire for power, the ambitions, the fear, and the enraptured and terrified folly of mankind?

What is at issue is the conversion of the mind from the twilight of error to the truth, that climb up into the real world which we shall call true philosophy.

Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.

We need to strengthen such inner values as contentment, patience and tolerance, as well as compassion for others. Keeping in mind that it is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends, compassion is the key to ensuring our own well-being.

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and decay.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

There is a common perception that compassion is, if not actually an impediment, at least irrelevant to professional life. Personally, I would argue that not only is it relevant, but that when compassion is lacking, our activities are in danger of becoming destructive. This is because when we ignore the question of the impact our actions have on others' well-being, inevitably we end up hurting them.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.

Don't stumble over something behind you.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.