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Wisdom A quiet mind married to integrity of heart is the birth of wisdom. ~Adyashanti Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, Love is knowing I am everything Between the two my life moves. ~Nisargadatta Maharaj True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. ~Socrates O nourishing river Mother of all that is written Inspire fluent, truthful words. May I discover the sacred river of wisdom within. ~Invocation of Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of Inspiration There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word. Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which flows into your life. Then, without effort, you are impelled to truth and to perfect contentment. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson In a quiet moment we can get an intuitive insight that can change our entire lie and the lives of the people around us in incredibly positive ways. ~Elaine St. James Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance. ~Anthony de Mello The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth. ~Pierre Abelard Compose yourself in stillness, draw your attention inward and devote your mind to the Self. The wisdom you seek lies within. ~Bhagavad Gita Not only a truer knowledge, but a greater power comes to one in the quietude and silence of a mind that, instead of bubbling on the surface, can go to its own depths and listen. ~Sri Aurobindo Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance. Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance. ~Anthony de Mello Only in the oasis of silence can we drink deeply from our inner cup of wisdom. ~Sue Patton Thoele It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. ~Henry David Thoreau The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. ~Benjamin Franklin Swiftly arose and spread around me the peace and knowledge that pass all the arguments of the earth. ~Walt Whitman The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false, and the second, to know that which is true. ~Lactantius Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later. ~Chuang Tzu Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selful to seek other than itself. ~Kahlil Gibran A wise old owl sat on an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren’t we like that wise old bird? ~Old Irish saying We are wiser than we know. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. ~William Cowper The first and wisest of them all professed to know this only, that he nothing knew. ~John Milton Love tempered with wisdom is the secret of life. ~Greek temple inscription Patience is the companion of wisdom. ~Augustine Much wisdom often goes, with fewer words. ~Sophocles Our species is far too clever to survive without wisdom. ~E. F. Schumacher How bright and transparent the moonlight of wisdom. ~Hakuin Go to your bosom: knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know. ~William Shakespeare Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive from the same source…We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open, only to discover what is already here. ~Henry Miller Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. ~Merry Browne A person becomes wise when they can see what needs to be done and do it successfully without being told what to do. ~Inuit Elder When you enter the moment with heightened awareness, what you need to do becomes obvious. You discover that you already have the answers. ~Patricia Ryan Madson To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom. ~Nisargadatta Maharaj You can know something without it become words in your mind. Be able to trust in that deeper intelligence that can move through you. ~Eckhart Tolle Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. ~Ludwig Börne Be guided absolutely and entirely by the vision of calmness, and not by the shadows of anxiety. The hour of calmness is the hour of illumination and correct judgment. ~James Allen In the gap between thoughts, nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously. ~Milarepa Love doesn’t need reason. It speaks from the irrational wisdom of the heart. ~Deepak Chopra Our addiction to always being “right” is a great block to the truth. It keeps us from the kind of openness that comes from confidence in our natural wisdom. ~Stephen Levine Surrender the need to understand and confusion dissolves. Only clarity remains at the heart of silence. ~Leonard Jacobson Energy comes naturally from the light that shines within, which shines when you are not the doer of actions. ~Tony Samara Wisdom and compassion flow from simplicity and clarity; from having nothing to prove and nothing to defend. ~Barry Magid You may die a hundred deaths without a break in the mental turmoil. Or you may keep your body and die only in the mind. The death of the mind is the birth of wisdom. ~Nisargadatta Maharaj Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly. ~Richard Bach