There is no wisdom save in truth.
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
If one is too lazy to think, too vain to do a thing badly, too cowardly to admit it, one will never attain wisdom.
Welcome the challenges. Look for the opportunities in every situation to learn and grow in wisdom.
The best things in life are often the ones hardest to get. Yet they are also the ones that are the easiest to find, usually right in front of your face.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
The vine-stock bears fruit as long as it is attached to its stem; apart from that, no.
The examination system, and the fact that instruction is treated mainly as a training for a livelihood, leads the young to regard knowledge from a purely utilitarian point of view as the road to money, not as the gateway to wisdom.
A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people
The Bible is a great source of wisdom and consolation and should be read frequently
It is all too easy for a society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the end, there must remain the question: What kind of life is one society providing to the people that live in it?
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
I have wisdom of a 60-year-old. Also it takes a lot for me to respect a person, so when a person has a body of work behind him, it draws my respect.
My biggest mistake was my best lesson. . . you don't learn anything when everything is going perfectly.
Each time we see and are touched by the expression of some eternal principle, we catch a sweet glimpse of some aspect of our True Self.
If the shoe fits, wear it.
When light engages the heart, it causes an illumination of the path, a purification of the consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect and an establishment of the foundations of dhikr and shukr and of beautiful worship.
Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.
It is clear, then, that wisdom is knowledge having to do with certain principles and causes. But now, since it is this knowledge that we are seeking, we must consider the following point: of what kind of principles and of what kind of causes is wisdom the knowledge?
Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.
