Nothing disturbs me more than the downward trend of productivity in our nation today. The consequences of a decrease in productivity are a diminished standard of living, higher labor costs, less competitive prices, and more inflation.
It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living.
There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.
I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I don't have.
He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.
Think about the world you want to live and work in. What do you need to know to build the world? Demand that your teachers teach you that.
Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.
Learning without wisdom is a load of books on a donkey's back.
It's amazing how much 'mature wisdom' resembles being too tired.
Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.
Seeking knowledge at an Young age is like engraving on a stone.
I think we need to recover the depth, the subtlety, the generosity of imagination, the respect for wisdom that so marked Islam in its great ages.
Knowledge comes by taking things apart, analysis. But wisdom comes by putting things together.
Art, if it is to be reckoned as one of the great values of life, must teach man humility, tolerance, wisdom and magnanimity. The value of art is not beauty, but right action.
One small action of love can do far, far more for a soul than all the most beautiful words in the world.
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
Free enterprise is a natural result of the American form of government, which says in so many words that the more men do for themselves, the less government does for them, the better off we will all be.
There was a famous Zen master whom people would seek out to become enlightened. He was strict and would occupy people with things having nothing to do with seeking enlightenment. You see, that is the only way to achieve enlightenment; by not focusing on achieving it. Then, one day it will just come to you.
Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.