Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.

We can do no great things-only small things with great love.

Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

There are no lost causes because there are no gained causes.

The biggest human temptation is... to settle for too little.

Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as for the body.

Spirit is the only truth within us, the rest is all untruth.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.

All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.

I love Allah: I have no time left in which to hate the devil.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.

Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.

You are not the drop in the ocean, but the ocean in the drop.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

It's like the more you know the more you know you don't know.

Maturity is having the courage to use one's own intelligence!

Meditating together is the best way to feel the collectivity.

No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

The courage to speak must be matched by the wisdom to listen.

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.

There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

I covered my face because they had taken my wisdom teeth out.

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

Whatever pearl you seek, look for the pearl within the pearl!

To avoid discord, never put two wise people in the same room.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

Whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

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