Wisdom Quotes
A monk mind practices detachment. We realize that everything—from our houses to our families—is borrowed.
Jay ShettyJay Shetty Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Impossible is the word found only in a fool’s dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible
Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more.
Jon Kabat-ZinnJon Kabat-Zinn Everything I need to know is revealed to me. Everything I need comes to me. All is well in my life.
Louise HayLouise Hay The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Brave’ is very specific and extremely personal. Sometimes brave means letting everyone else think you’re a coward. Sometimes brave is letting everyone else down but yourself.
Glennon DoyleGlennon Doyle The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville What do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that.
HafezHafez Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Many of us spend the first part of our adult lives becoming – stepping into the roles we take on so that they come to define our lives. But I’ve learned that we don’t really grow up until we unbecome.
Glennon DoyleGlennon Doyle Wisdom is there at your fingertips, use it.
Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
VoltaireVoltaire Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
AeschylusAeschylus The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you’re in it there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop a plane, you can’t stop a storm, you can’t stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.
Golda MeirGolda Meir