Wisdom
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
Wisdom sails with wind and time.
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom — and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything — even mountains, rivers, plants and trees — should be your teacher.
What I want to do with my filmmaking is help kids experience the truth and wisdom of nature no matter where they are, whether or not they have the opportunity to go to a national park.
Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself from below, then you will discover the wisdom of the Creator, in that He gave it a neck longer than its feet for this reason, that it might, as if lowering a sort of fishing line, procure the food hidden in the deep water.
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