“Perhaps—the insight came suddenly—perhaps love existed in its truest, deepest form when one partner saw into the soul of the other and… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
Insights don't usually arrive at my desk, but go into notebooks when I'm on the move. Or half-asleep. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
To the extent that experience is the sum of our memories and wisdom the sum of experience, having a better memory would… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
Success is a wonderful thing, but it tends not to be the sort of experience that we learn from. We enjoy it;… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Do not allow negative experiences to make you bitter. They should make you wiser, and with that wisdom you shall find joy. — Leon Brown Copy Share Image
We need modern ideas, but we also need ancient wisdom. If we deny ancient wisdom we are making a big mistake. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Darling, replied Valentine, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom was contained in these two words,- "Wait and… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“He closed the door but he knew that, for those who seek to step beyond the threshold, the door is always open.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“I learned how to meditate on all of my epiphanies. Everyone isn’t meant to instantly act on their ideas. You have to… — Robin S. Baker Copy Share Image
“. . . the only legitimate reason that kingship is not attractive to us is because in this age and this world… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Know thyself! This is the source of all wisdom, said the great thinkers of the past, and the sentence was written in… — Karl Ernst von Baer Copy Share Image
Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Nothing is stopping you except the names and identities that you've given to yourself. If you identify yourself as a scientist, you… — Shunya Copy Share Image
Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Take the so-called standard of living. What do most people mean by "living"? They don’t mean living. They mean the latest and… — e. e. cummings Copy Share Image
Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
If you need to change a goal do not consider it a failure, consider it a victory as you had the insight… — Mina Deanna Copy Share Image
“The best gift your true friends will ever give you is carry your casket with respect. So be good to those you… — Robert Kodingo Copy Share Image
“Great men must go through great pain The strongest storms The hardest rain The toughest climbs The roughest terrain Great men must… — Calvin W. Allison Copy Share Image
When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
Once a wise man said that he once dreamed of balck and white folks coming together which happend what a life — Thinkpinkbarbii Copy Share Image
A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his… — Han Fei Copy Share Image
If Xi Jinping is the world's most powerful man, conventional wisdom puts Vladimir Putin a close second. He's made his own bare-chested… — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees. — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
“True wisdom is being able to say 'it is what it is' with a smile of celebratory wonder on your face.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
“In the faces of humanity, the countenances that shine brightest are those whose minds are powered by wisdom's Divine supplier of enlightment...selah.” — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
“Poetry is an old wise serpent which only occasionally comes out to catch the sun (and scare people).” — Leila Samarrai Copy Share Image
“Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for your life to begin and start making the most of the moment you are… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a pipe, whose fragments are thrown away at… — George Sand Copy Share Image
“The whole idea of awakening is about regaining self-trust. Through self-trust we remember how to be our own best guides.” — Raphael Zernoff Copy Share Image
Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Power is different when you combined it with wisdom. Wisdom allows you to use less power to accomplish more tasks. — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
Gail Sheehy tells us that "the delights of self-discovery are always available." All Fools' Day is the perfect day to engrave this… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
“Robert had taught him to keep his thoughts in the present or near future, for as Robert had told him, To dwell… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
The whole purpose of an adventure is to gain some spiritual or emotional insight. When you compromise the process, you compromise the… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
I was surprised, as always, be how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness is alchemy of the soul in which the feeling of possibility returns to the human spirit.” — Jake Ducey Copy Share Image
