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If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
I always want to be a messenger, a person that, you know, that's not afraid to pass on wisdom.
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations.
Knowledge comes by taking things apart, analysis. But wisdom comes by putting things together.
For the larger interest of humanity, Islamic society presents the safest place on this planet.
Much of this world's wisdom is still acquired by necromancy,--by consulting the oracular dead.
Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.
She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.
What creates happiness, peace, and balance is not becoming simply powerful, but knowledgeable.
You can never trust a human being to behave as you would have expected in a given circumstance
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.
No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.
The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
Of all whose words I have heard, no one attains to this, to know that wisdom is apart from all.
The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.
When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.
In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.
He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
Wisdom is neither gold, nor silver, nor fame, nor wealth, nor health, nor strength, nor beauty.
As long as I have you there is just one other thing I'll always need - tremendous self control.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Everybody must decide to reach a state where you everyday see the blessings of God manifesting.
Wisdom is a solid and entire building, of which every piece keeps its place and bears its mark.
Words matter, and the right words matter most of all. In the end they're all that remain of us.
But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.
Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom.
Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists.
Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present.
If we judge others, it is because we are judging something in ourselves of which we are unaware.
Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything.
The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is.
He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions; in addition, God rewards it even in this life.
You cannot intellectualize the Divine. You have to experience it on your central nervous system.
I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.
This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.