Road To Wisdom Quotes

It was amazing, this mystic business. You tell them a lie, and then when you don't need it anymore you tell them another lie and tell them they're progressing along the road to wisdom. Then instead of laughing they follow you even more, hoping that at the heart of all the lies they'll find the truth. And bit by bit they accept the unacceptable. Amazing. ~ Terry Pratchett

The road my elders dictate is a narrow one, and I no longer believe it to be the road to wisdom. I choose my ow road. I choose to do the right thing, as you call it. I would not choose another companion for that road, and should you choose to walk that road with me, it would be.., his voice faltered, unable to put words to Alain's feelings, but he met her eyes, trying to let his feelings show. Perhaps he succeeded this time, because once again Mari blushed and bent her head. ~ Jack Campbell

Humanity has to travel a hard road to wisdom, and it has to travel it with bleeding feet. ~ Nellie L. McClung

On the road to wisdom, behave like a raven and observe everything carefully! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

This unrivalled tutor used as His class-book the best of books. Although able to reveal fresh truth, He preferred to expound the old. He knew by His omniscience what was the most instructive way of teaching, and by turning at once to Moses and the prophets, He showed us that the surest road to wisdom is not speculation, reasoning, or reading human books, but meditation upon the Word of God. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

THE ROAD TO WISDOM
The road to wisdom?
Well, it's plain
and simple to express:
Err
and err
and err again
but less
and less
and less. ~ Piet Hein

I hate how my past actions keep messing up my future options, Seth muttered.
Then you've started down the road to wisdom, Grandpa replied. ~ Brandon Mull

Wise people offer their wisdom for free and accept all gifts, for they know that the universe is not giving them gifts, but tools they will need on their road to wisdom. ~ Charbel Tadros

Patience is the road to wisdom. ~ Kao Kalia Yang

If your vision inspires others to see their dreams and your actions motivate them to realize it, then you are a leader. ~ Debasish Mridha

It is impossible to separate these things:
peace and happiness,
hope and patience,
courage and confidence,
mercy and kindness,
integrity and faithfulness,
and love and goodness. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I know personally that when a child is abused the trajectory of that child's life is changed forever. That doesn't mean the path to happiness is impossible, but it does mean there will be detours and side roads that were never intended. Come back from those places, my friends, with lessons and compassion those on the straight road might never have the chance to learn. You are now equipped to help hurting children because you've navigated down those dark courses and made it back. Cudos to you, but also let your shoulders feel the weight of the responsibility to help others who are still lost and struggling to find their way to safety. ~ Toni Sorenson

The greater your wisdom, the shorter the distance to success. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Old age takes in part savoury wisdom for its food - see to that your old age will not lack in nourishment. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci

Remember, purpose is about giving ... All you can do with your life is to give it away in the service of others. ~ Wayne W. Dyer

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. ~ Anonymous

What you want to see, allow it and let it be. ~ Debasish Mridha

What is Strange and disconcerting about Jesus is the fact that he rarely makes demands. The style of teaching he engages in is not rote on memorization or indoctrination but Socratic, propositional and inductive. The listener is invited to explore and come to a conclusion. It is the desire of Christ for his audience to reach a conclusion and not be told what to think.
Stories, sayings, reversals, parables and other forms of teaching used by Jesus are not good teaching tools for people who seek simplistic answers. Jesus teaches but requires more of a listener. We are invited to join the journey, wrestle with our assumptions, confront our spiritual bigotry and struggle with the humbling mystery and profound profundity of God.
This is HARD faith, especially for the modern reader. We want the speaker to tell us what to think. We want our stories tidy, without complication, and we do not want questions designed to coerce us beyond easy answers. This is the LIFE and MINISTRY of Jesus. He was a walking mobile university, a theological gadfly, a spiritual teacher and Savior who cannot be contained by tradition, conformity or assimilation. Jesus is loose in the world quietly upending all assumptions, ideas and concepts we hold true. ~ Otis Moss II

Lovely Alyssa. What a grand pupil you were," he mumbles, his mouth on the top of my head. "Yet you taught me more than I taught you. You are far more worthy to wear the crown than any other. Courage, compassion, and wisdom. The triad of majesties. You have something I could see even through the eyes of a child. You have the heart of a queen. ~ A.G. Howard

If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no poor. ~ Saint Basil

The art of being wise is to respond to everything with kindness and love. ~ Debasish Mridha

If you have wisdom, you will be able to reign in every area of your life. ~ Sunday Adelaja

Superhuman' is an extraordinary personality living in the godliness and wisdom taking over the human intelligence, a pure eternal life, driven by the divine force, living for the welfare of the mankind unconditionally. Superhumans are those who live to unite with the Supreme Power. ~ Vishal Chipkar

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual. ~ Robert Baden-Powell

It has taken me quite a few years to realize the fact that most of the thoughts in my head are not necessary. ~ Bert McCoy

You are not the sum of your physical, mental, emotional life, but you are designed for the spiritual. The whole design of the human being is created to enjoy your spiritual life and not the material life. This is the basic thing human beings don't understand and that's why, if they knew this fundamental thing, they would seek their spirit first and they would not seek other things. ~ Nirmala Srivastava

So despite all the advances of neuroscience, all the fancy machines and illuminating insights, we still need our old, wet gray matter - the only place where emotion and reason come together and alchemize into what we call wisdom - to tell us how to act. ~ Sam Kean

Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence ... To be fit for Self-realization man must be fearless. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda

Hardships make us strong. Problems give birth to wisdom. Sorrows cultivate compassion. Those who have suffered the most will become the happiest. ~ Daisaku Ikeda

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

People ask to much because they live in their own reality. not what reality really is. ~ Rob Lyon

As is often the case when I travel, my vulnerability
like not knowing what the hell I'm going to do upon arrival
makes me more open to outside interactions than I might be when I'm at home and think I know best what needs to be done. On the road, serendipity is given space to enter my life. ~ Andrew McCarthy

Money is like love, you have to give it to get it back. ~ Debasish Mridha

Obedience is the road to freedom. ~ C.S. Lewis

On the journey of spiritual transformation, you want to lose your baggage. In fact, you want to make sure all of it is lost, so that when you reach the end of this road, you have nothing left to cover your Self up with. ~ Derek Rydall

New doctrines ever displease the old. They like to fancy that the world has been losing wisdom, instead of gaining it, since they were young. ~ Madame De Stael

My king, I do not know all things but I do know that we mortals cannot orchestrate for the gods what they have agreed to accomplish. ~ Ray Anyasi

New songs are why artists go on the road. That's why I go on the road. It's a three-prong play. Writing: You're intrigued. Recording: It brings it to life. And then you want to share it. ~ Jon Bon Jovi

I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging what is called the realities of life for dreams ~ Hugh Walpole

Is the sunrise of Mount Fuji more beautiful from the one you see in the countryside a bit closer to home? Are the beaches of Indonesia really that much more serene than those we have in our own countries? The point I make is not to downplay the marvels of the world, but to highlight the notion of the human tendency in our failure to see the beauty in our daily lives when we take off the travel goggles when we are home. It is the preconceived notion of a place that creates the difference in perception of environments rather than the actual geological location. ~ Forrest Curran

The masters were said to be profound
because they show the greatest wisdom
when comfortable
in Life's mysterious
and unknown depths ~ Lao-Tzu

The well of knowledge will never run dry
As long as you have the wisdom to seek and the courage to try ~ Gil Gonzales

Whatever you sow, you shall reap. It is better to sow good deeds; love, goodness and kindness. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Spirituality is not just about religion, or church attendance, or fidelity to one or other legal requirement. Spirituality is understood to be an innate wisdom of the human heart that enlivens a zest for life, a search for meaning and purpose, a love for all that is good and beautiful, a passion to create a better world, a sensitivity to the life-energy (God, if you wish) that permeates the entire cosmos. ~ Diarmuid O'Murchu

I think a lot of people are getting more serious about how to do the most good, but there is no road map. I'm hoping I can offer an example. ~ Mohnish Pabrai

You are free to travel on the road you pave for yourself but you have to pay penalty if you do not go in the right direction. ~ Amit Abraham

Driving down the wrong road and knowing it, The fork years behind, how many have thought To pull up on the shoulder and leave the car Empty, strike out across the fields; and how many Are still mazed among dock and thistle, Seeking the road they should have taken? ~ Damon Knight

To hell with you. You just don't want to admit it. Those people, they're animals. They want to see someone's brains on the road, that's why they turn out. They'd just as soon see yours."
"That isn't the point," McVries said calmly. "Didn't you say you went to see the Long Walk when you were younger?"
"Yes, when I didn't know any better!"
"Well, that makes it okay, doesn't it?" McVries uttered a short, ugly-sounding laugh. "Sure they're animals. You think you just found out a new principle? Sometimes I wonder just how naive you really are. The French lords and ladies used to screw after the guillotinings. The old Romans used to stuff each other during the gladiatorial matches. That's entertainment, Garraty. It's nothing new." He laughed againd. Garraty stared at him, fascinated.
[...]
"Death is great for the appetites," McVries said. [...] "But even that's not the real point of this little expedition, Garraty. The point is, they're the smart ones. They're not getting thrown to the lions. They're not staggering along and hoping they won't have to take a shit with two warnings against them. You're dumb, Garraty. You and me and Pearson and Barkovitch and Stebbins, we're all dumb. Scramm's dumb because he thinks he understands and he doesn't. Olson's dumb because he understood too much too late. They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?"
He paused, badly out of breath.
[...]
"Then why are you doi ~ Richard Bachman

You take sides if your smart. Offer up your loyalty cause it's all you've got to trade. Trouble is, most times, when you're looking to sell your soul, nobody's buying." - Radiance ~ Catherynne M Valente

It is part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the more certain that someone has gilded it. ~ Aldo Leopold