“even as he took her hand and kissed it, he fell into sleep. Then a great beauty was revealed in him, so… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
They say that there are three kinds of people in the world. There are people who never learn one way or another… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I don't believe in a golden mean; I don't believe you find policy wisdom between two polar points. I don't dismiss that… — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“I am not a day dreamer, I am a believer, that after every painful love I have gone through, it is just… — Nikki Rowe Copy Share Image
“The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to… — ralph waldo emerson Copy Share Image
“In advising the heads of state to learn from tragedy rather than perpetuate its existence Robert Kennedy excalimed, "Tragedy is a tool… — Megan Karasch Copy Share Image
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
That is an extremely important role: how white brothers and sisters laterally spread knowledge, insight, and challenge in a way that white… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
Modern education is premised strongly on materialistic values. It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“For my own part, I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
In order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it. This doesn't mean you give… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the privileges of… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“And Dil was realizing that there are few things that so shake belief as seeing, clearly and precisely, the object of that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Consequently, the truth of God lives in our souls more by the power of superior moral courage than by the light of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
And then God gave me insight: this was winter. It would end, in time, but not by my own doing. My responsibility… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
“I admit to myself that until then I need the wisdom of other women who have already danced that dance and proven… — Fawn Weaver Copy Share Image
One Spirit Medicine opens the doors to the invisible matrix of wisdom where everything is intertwined, where every thought we have impacts… — Alberto Villoldo Copy Share Image
The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“In every remote corner of the world there are people like Carl Jones and Don Merton who have devoted their lives to… — Mark Carwardine Copy Share Image
To think that the woman is dominated by man or man is dominated by woman comes from a kind of a complex… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
The old - like children - talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though… — Eugene O'Neill Copy Share Image
“The West Indian is not exactly hostile to change, but he is not much inclined to believe in it. This comes from… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“In the East, he then believed, a man went to college not for vocational training but in disciplined search for wisdom and… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
“The wise man believes profoundly in silence, the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body,… — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
“I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy, exhorting anyone whom I meet after my manner, and convincing him,… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“To see the death as our own, that is the beginning of wisdom. To find the loss as our own, that is… — Conrado De Quiros Copy Share Image
“This leading-edge research echoes what ancient wisdom has always known: that each organ of the body, including the brain, speaks its own… — Ann Frederick Copy Share Image
“A wise man will cultivate a servant’s spirit, for that particular attribute attracts people like no other. As I humbly serve others,… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
“Only by honoring the greater truths (the macrocosmic truth) may we begin to honor our subjective truths (our microcosmic truth). This is… — Tehya Sky Copy Share Image
“To an outsider, it seems like a client paid a lot of money to a consultant, only to have the consultant repackage… — Victor Cheng Copy Share Image
In the past, I have been guilty of returning from work with some parenting words of wisdom, ignoring the fact that my… — Romesh Ranganathan Copy Share Image
The only Sundance [2011] film about cults that could actually have life as a cult film, THE WOODS has the greatest comic… — Karina Longworth Copy Share Image
“You can Lose a child Or a parent, The love of your life, A good job, A game, A deal, A bet,… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The reason visualization is so powerful is because as you create pictures in your mind of seeing yourself with what it is… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
There has never in the history of the civilized world been a cohort of kids that is so little affected by adult… — William Damon Copy Share Image
I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image