I used to say to my classes that the ways to get insight are: to study infants; to study animals; to study… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“Despite all deliberation, sense, insight, and sober reason, I could not fail to recognize within myself the furtive and yet—ashamed as it… — Imre Kertész Copy Share Image
The greatest wisdom is in simplicity. Love, respect, tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It's not complex or elaborate. The real knowledge is free.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only the man who has had to face despair is really convinced that he needs mercy. Those who do not want mercy… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful… — Buddha Copy Share Image
When I think about my own work, there usually is one or the other light bulb moment where there is this flash… — Ken Ono Copy Share Image
I have heard that M. Guesdon is dictating lessons to his seminarians. This is contrary to the custom of the Company and… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight… — John Milton Copy Share Image
We have seen that this great labor question cannot be solved save by assuming as a principle that private ownership must be… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It is only when you realize that you are mortal and yet immortal simultaneously that you begin to realize that the beautiful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have a flash of insight, but it's not strong enough to survive. Therefore in the practice of Buddhism, samadhi is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“If there’s a reason why I keep my distance from God it probably has something to do with the fact that the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Children have the wisdom of God and are closer to it than many people who have spent years in this world gaining… — Harold Klemp Copy Share Image
“Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the… — King Solomon Son of David Copy Share Image
Is it not time to awake from the deceitful dream of a golden age, and to adopt as a practical maxim for… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Our culture reasons that because we fell there is not enough time, we should increase our pace, multitask, and fit more into… — Carrie Newcomer Copy Share Image
Probe the universe in a myriad of points. ... He is a wise man who has taken many views; to whom stones… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“I see at least that all knowledge I wrung from the darkness-- that the darkness flung me-- is worthless as ignorance: nothing… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
Let the people have property and they will have power - a power that will forever be exerted to prevent the restriction… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The most important relationship we can all have is the one you have with yourself, the most important journey you can take… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Force was the factor in the government of the world when Christ was born, and force was the source and exercise of… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“When people go through bitter situations, they get a better understanding of bitter situations. They get good insight into bitterness, and they… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
Why be narrow-minded, why cut ourselves off from any of these rich heritages when… we have the freedom to make the most… — Michael Chekhov Copy Share Image
“When seasoned by the subtleties of accident, harmony, favor, wisdom, and inevitability, luck takes on the cast of serendipity. Serendipity happens when… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
“There's nothing you can do about the past." "You're wrong. I can learn from it..." Tariq dug his heels into his stallion's… — Renee Ahdieh Copy Share Image
Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
It is a myth that alcoholics have some spontaneous insight and then seek treatment. Victims of this disease do not submit to… — Vernon Johnson Copy Share Image
“Richard Rohr states in one of my favorite books The Naked Now: Wisdom is not the gathering of more facts and… — Mark Votava Copy Share Image
“Psychological despotism, whether enlightened or not, is gross misuse of psychology. The main purpose of psychology is to acquire insight into, and… — Peter F. Drucker Copy Share Image
A mission is not just a casual thing-it is not an alternative program in the Church. Neither is a mission a matter… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
When you're young, you wonder what all these old people are droning on about, trying to impart their wisdom. It's not relevant… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is always through surrender, but surrender is achieved through intelligence. Only idiots cannot surrender. To surrender you need great intelligence. To… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Using reason without applying it to experience only leads to theoretical illusions. Ideas derived from real world experiences lead to acquisition of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Like children, the elders are a burden. But unlike children, they offer no hope or promise. They are a weight and an… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
Why should you want to give up a child's wise not-understanding in exchange for defensiveness and scorn, since not-understanding is, after all,… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“There are two apples, one is green and the other is red. Which apple would the wise man choose? The answer is:… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“The purpose of the God-breathed Scripture is not at all to provide a scientific gnosis in order to convey and increase human… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
