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Silver Lining Of Your Cloud
Life Quotes and Sayings
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