Quotes by Wisdom And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems. John Milton wisdomsleepthinking It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean. Jon J Muth oceanwisdombelieve The scholar is early acquainted with every department of the impossible. John Ruskin intelligencewisdomimpossible Awareness is not the same as thought. It lies beyond thinking, although it makes no use of thinking, honoring it's value and it's power. Awareness is more like a vessel which can hold and contain our thinking, helping us to see and know our thought as thought rather than getting caught up in them as reality. Jon Kabat-Zinn militarywisdomwar Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything. Jon Kabat-Zinn understandingmomentswisdom The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And thus at wisdom's copious breasts You'll drink each day with greater zest. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wisdommotherchildren Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. Jonathan Swift familywisdomfriendship Argument is the worst sort of conversation. Jonathan Swift opinioncommunicationwisdom Many a truth is told in jest. Jonathan Swift jesttruth-iswisdom Wisdom is a fox who, after long hunting, will at last cost you the pains to dig out; it is a cheese, which, by how much the richer, has the thicker, the homlier, and the coarser coat; and whereof to a judicious palate, the maggots are best. It is a sack posset, wherein the deeper you go, you'll find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is attended with an egg. But lastly, it is a nut, which, unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. Jonathan Swift huntingpainwisdom To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom. Jose Bergamin devillightwisdom There are no free lunches on welfare. Joseph A. Califano, Jr. lunchpoliticswisdom It is important to understand that there are many different ways of seeing the world and expressing the wisdom of Native belief...No one voice speaks for all voices. Joseph Bruchac wisdomexpressionnative-american Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. Joseph Addison musicwisdomheaven If the human intellect functions, it is actually in order to solve the problems which the man's inner destiny sets it. Jose Ortega y Gasset destinywisdommen Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. Joseph Addison wisdomlyingson Who can control his fate? asks the ruined Othello. No one, indeed. But everyone controls his option, chooses his alternative. Joseph Furphy fatealternativeswisdom There's nothing you can do that's more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth. Joseph Campbell wisdomspiritualinspirational It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with. Joseph Gordon-Levitt familywisdomfriendship A carpenter is known by his chips. Jonathan Swift wisdomidentitywise«103104105106107108109110111112113»
