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The interdependency of humankind, the relevance of relationship, the sacredness of creation is ancient, ancient wisdom.
It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world.
Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.
The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - the less you know the hotter you get.
If we live in peace ourselves, we in turn may bring peace to others. A peaceable man does more good than a learned one.
When you say Yes, say it quickly. But always take a half hour to say No, so you can understand the other fellow's side.
Everything is illusion, except for the Divine Love of God that is all-pervading which you can feel through your Spirit.
I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.
The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
An error can never become true however many times you repeat it. The truth can never be wrong, even if no one hears it.
It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it matters only that you love
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
We used to say that those amongst us with the most sins are those who spend their time talking about the sins of others.
In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
My guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They're the ones we naturally remember the best, after all.
Many times I heard Imam Ahmad saying (when asked to give his opinion) on controversial scholarly issues 'I do not know.'
There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words - fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems.
When we love, it is not necessary to understand what is happening outside, because everything happens inside us instead.
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience. [Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.]
Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.
I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.
Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily; False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument.
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.
Your heart mirrors not His love, Rusty with your sins it is, Remove this rust and you shall Perceive how Glorious He is.
Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord.
God does not call us to rest seven days a week with our head in the sand. He calls us to make an impact wherever we are.
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Love should have no fear. It should have just free love, without any fear, without any aggression; enjoy that pure love.
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
We are on this earth to become the Spirit, to be a channel of God's love and above all, to enter into the Kingdom of God.
A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane
We respect our elders. There is wisdom that comes from experience, and I am not going to stop learning from wise counsel.
A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.
There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.
Only people who lack wisdom would say that a project should be pursued even if it leads to wanton destruction of forests.
My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve.
One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.
To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one's own, is ever the beginning of one's real ethical development.
If aught I have said is truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in words more kin to your thoughts.
Considering the natural lust for power so inherent in man, I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people.
Happy those Who in the after-days shall live, when Time Hath spoken, and the multitude of years Taught wisdom to mankind!
Self-remembrance, awareness of 'I am' ripens him powerfully and speedily. Give up all ideas about yourself and simply be.
In their seeking, wisdom and madness are one and the same. On the path of love, friend and stranger are one and the same.
The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.
MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration.