Ancient Wisdom Quotes
24 quotes by 23 authors
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To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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...I believe, with Gandhi, that we need to take an imaginative leap forward toward fresh and generous idealism for the sake of all humanity -…
— Mairead Corrigan
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Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred,…
— Gautama Buddha
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The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly…
— Samuel Johnson
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Our religions will never at any time take root; the ancient wisdom of the human race will not be supplanted by the events in Galilee.…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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Western science is approaching a paradigm shift of unprecedented proportions, one that will change our concepts of reality and of human nature, bridge the gap…
— Stanislav Grof
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There is no kind of framework within which we can find consciousness in the plural; this is simply something we construct because of the temporal…
— Erwin Schrodinger
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Using the latest in science and technology to shatter today's economic paradigm of 'insatiable individuals competing for scarce resources,' Planetary Citizenship brings us full circle…
— Rebecca Adamson
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Ancient wisdom and quantum physicists make unlikely bedfellows: In quantum mechanics the observer determines (or even brings into being) what is observed, and so, too,…
— Huston Smith
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Modern physics is describing what the ancient wisdom keepers of the Americas have long known. These shamans, known as 'the Earthkeepers,' say that we’re dreaming…
— Alberto Villoldo
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Nothing in medical literature today communicates the idea that women's bodies are well-designed for birth. Ignorance of the capacities of women's bodies can flourish and…
— Ina May Gaskin
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To change the world , we need to combine Ancient wisdom with new technologies
— Paulo Coelho
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Every single ancient wisdom and religion will tell you the same thing - don't live entirely for yourself, live for other people. Don't get stuck…
— Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
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We need modern ideas, but we also need ancient wisdom. If we deny ancient wisdom we are making a big mistake.
— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient Wisdom delighted to convey its precepts, for the regulation of life and manners.
— William Warburton
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Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a wise and intuitive counselor available 24/7? You're in luck-you already have one. Your body! Our bodies carry ancient…
— Sue Thoele
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Ancient wisdom offers . . . a simple yet profound formula to guide everyone who leads, anyone who aspires to leadership: 'Do justly, love mercy,…
— Wayne D. Dosick
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The great wheel of fire of ancient wisdom, silence and word engendering the myth of the origin, human action engendering the epic voyage toward the…
— Carlos Fuentes
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[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that good work is…
— Wendell Berry
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It is true that neither the ancient wisdoms nor the modern sciences are complete in themselves. They do not stand alone. They call for one…
— Thomas Merton
Who Wrote These Ancient Wisdom Quotes
23 authors contributed a total of 24 Ancient Wisdom Quotes as follows: