Enlightenment-quotes Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo

“Intelligence says think. Understanding says ponder. Insight says perceive. Enlightenment says overcome.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The sun cannot hide from its own light.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A sage's lowest wisdom surpasses a scholar's highest wisdom.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom is an artist; enlightenment is its masterpiece.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“I once was blind, but now I see; deaf, but now I hear; ignorant, but now I know; and dead, but now…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Anger has great strength, but no brains. Greed has many hands, but no heart. Fear has many titles, but no honor. Hatred…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Knowledge is a gift. Understanding is a prize. Wisdom is a blessing. Enlightenment is your reward.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“We perish as a result of our lack of knowledge, not money.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom knows the way. Understanding sees the way. Passion feels the way. Love goes all the way.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is difficult to fill a broken vessel, and impossible to fill a leaking one.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Court knowledge, marry wisdom, divorce ignorance.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The mind is its thoughts, the heart is its desires, and the soul is its experiences.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be the sun in someone’s dark sky.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A book is a small library you can fit into your pocket.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is better to win souls than to conquer nations.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom sees even when her eyes are shut. Ignorance is deaf even when his ears are open.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“One who is wise is rich, one who is virtuous is wealthy, one who is happy is affluent, and one who is…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Love has never been conquered, not even by the greatest army.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Love is black. Love is white. Love is brown. Love is humanity.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo