“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
-Epictetus
Humility
“He that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.”
-Charles Caleb Colton
Wisdom
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
-Isaac Asimov
Wisdom
“Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.”
-Honore De Balzac
Maturity
“There’s a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It’s impossible to be mature without having lived.”
-Amy Grant
Receptivity
“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.”
-Walter Lippmann
Spiritual Ardor
”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
Wisdom
“We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.”
-Michel de Montaigne
Tranquility
“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
Cheerfulness
“The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.”
-Michel de Montaigne
Character
“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.
Wisdom
“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
“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
Kindness
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Wisdom
“Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.”
-Leonardo da Vinci
Enlightenment
“To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”
-Lao Tzu
Wisdom
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”
-Jimi Hendrix
Drive
“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
Meditation
“You should sit and meditate for 20 minutes, unless you’re too busy, then you should sit and meditate for an hour.”
-Zen Proverb
Self-Mastery
“Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind.”
-Zen Proverb
