Wise Quotes

4345 Wise quotes by 2060 unique authors

With everyone born human, a poet - an artist - is born, who dies young and who is survived by an adult. — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
When you are feeling too dull and too domesticated get on a horse, sit tall in the saddle, and for a moment live in a… — Julia Cameron
Time is the stuff of which life is made. — Katharine Hepburn
There is nothing better than music as a means for upliftment of the soul. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
There is danger in singing someone else's song. — Don G. Campbell
There are some disabling myths about what art is, how to do it, what is good art, and what art is for, that have gagged… — Peter London
The word enchant comes from the Latin 'incantare', meaning to sing or chant magical words or sounds. — Unknown Author
The song and the land are one. — Bruce Chatwin
The peace for which every soul strives and which is the true nature of God and the utmost goal of a man is but the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Sometimes, in order to go forward, You must first go back. — Julia Cameron
Sometimes, I think the things we see are shadows of the things to be; that what we plan we build — Phoebe Cary
Skepticism . . . is not intellectual only it is moral also, a chronic atrophy and disease of the whole soul. — Thomas Carlyle
She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns. — Olga Broumas
Seeing, observing, listening, these are the greatest acts — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Pilgrims are persons in motion passing through territories not their own, seeking something we might call completion, or perhaps the word clarity will do as… — H. Richard Niebuhr
Shamanic healing is a journey. It involves stepping out of our habitual roles, our conventional scripts, and improvising a dancing path. — Gabrielle Roth
No one can upset you, unless you give them permission. — Unknown Author
Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination. — Plato
Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself. — Hermann Hesse
Life is like the harp string, if it is strung too tight it won't play, if it is too loose it hangs, the tension that… — Gautama Buddha
Knock upon yourself as upon a door, and when the door opens an answer can be found. — Richard Zimler
It's easy to feel happy when things are going your way. The trick is to remain inspired in difficult situations. That's where life stops being… — Jonathan Cainer
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks. — Anatole France
In writing songs, I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie. — Bob Dylan
The only thing we can be certain of in this life is that we can be certain of nothing. — Albert Einstein

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