”We can’t really digest food unless there’s hunger. So we can’t really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it.”
-Radhanath Swami
”We can’t really digest food unless there’s hunger. So we can’t really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it.”
-Radhanath Swami
“We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.”
-Michel de Montaigne
“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.”
-James Allen
“The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.”
-Michel de Montaigne
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
-Marcel Proust
“Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.”
-Kahlil Gibran
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.”
-Leonardo da Vinci
“To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”
-Lao Tzu
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”
-Jimi Hendrix
“There is no greater enemy to your own happiness than yourself when you slouch through life with a paralytic will and an indifferent attitude.”
-Paramahansa Yogananda
“You should sit and meditate for 20 minutes, unless you’re too busy, then you should sit and meditate for an hour.”
-Zen Proverb
“Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind.”
-Zen Proverb
“A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.”
-Jiddu Krishnamurti
“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.”
-Pema Chödrön
“Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. Every moment is the guru.”
-Joko Beck
“Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger, regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue. Let go of the need for approval. Let go of old judgments and opinions. Die to all that, and fly free.”
-Lama Surya Das
“We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.”
-Epictetus
“Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.”
-Confucius