Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.
The flame is not as bright to itself as it is to those it illuminates: so too the sage.
The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words.
If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
The Holy Spirit is the most perfect gift of the Father to men, and yet He is the one gift which the Father gives most easily.
Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of the old. Where else can we find such unity of material, construction and form? Here the wisdom of whole generations is stored. What feelings for material and what power of expression there is in these buildings! What warmth and beauty they have! They seem to be echoes of old songs.
The lack of God-centeredness leads to self-centeredness.
The nail that sticks out farthest gets hammered the hardest.
The aim of any good constitution is to achieve in a society a high degree of political harmony, so that order and justice and freedom may be maintained.
To recognize the significant in the factual is wisdom.
Wisdom: It's something that you know when you see it. You can recognize it, you can experience it. I have defined wisdom as the capacity to make judgments that when looked back upon will seem to have been wise.
The wisdom that comes from having experienced heartbreak cannot be bequeathed; it can only be gained through experience. And having truly felt it, we are far more likely to have compassion for others. Anything that takes us close to true compassion takes us closer to what will one day be an experience of even greater joy.
. . . I tried to kill myself. It was a feeble attempt, but I did. And I got put in a mental hospital for a month, and I got myself straight and worked on my mental health. . . it's nothing that I hide. It's nothing to be proud of or to be ashamed of. It's part of my life, you know? And I'm still here!
Wisdom can be found and held onto. . . but wisdom can never be purchased. It is not for sale.
Wisdom is the winner over good luck.
I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.
The way the system now works, credit is extended to those who don't need it and denied to those who are in desperate need of it.
Acknowledging what you don't know is the dawning of wisdom.
God does not call us to rest seven days a week with our head in the sand. He calls us to make an impact wherever we are.
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.