Wise Wordds Quotes

Light is life.
Life is love.
Love is divine ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty, concludes to build a woodshed ~ Henry David Thoreau

We must acknowledge that all we have are, at times very differing, interpretations of what Jesus was all about-and these interpretations, as they are collected in the New Testament, have been written in particular situations by men, none of whom questioned the existing patriarchal structure of their societies or of their communities. While some Christ-believing women did challenge certain male-dominated aspects of their church gatherings (see 1 Cor 14:33b-36) it is quite unlikely that they questioned the patriarchal structure of their society, community, and church on a fundamental level. ~ Werner Kahl in Reading Other-Wise, p. 151 ~ Gerald O. West

If you find yourself in an interrogation room, you will probably do better if you have not spent a bit of time kneeling on a blood-soaked carpet. And it would be especially good if you didn't have any of that blood smeared on your clothing and your hands. I'm just saying. A word to the wise. ~ Victoria Abbott

It is an old and wise caution, that when our neighbor's house is on fire, we ought to take care of our own. For tho', blessed be God, I live in a government where liberty is well understood, and freely enjoy'd; yet experience has shown us all that bad precedent in one government is soon set up for an authority in another; and therefore I cannot but think it mine, and every honest man's duty that we ought at the same time to be upon our guard against power, wherever we apprehend that it may affect ourselves or our fellow subjects.
I should think it my duty, if required, to go to the utmost part of the land, where my service could be of any use in assisting to quench the flame of prosecutions upon informations, set on foot by the government, to deprive a people of their right to remonstrating (and complaining too) of the arbitrary attempts of men in power. ~ Andrew Hamilton

What astonishing changes a few years are capable of producing! I am told that even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror. From thinking proceeds speaking, thence to acting is often but a single step. But how irrevocable & tremendous! What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves, and that systems founded on the basis of equal liberty are merely ideal & falacious! Would to God that wise measures may be taken in time to avert the consequences we have but too much reason to apprehend. ~ George Washington

Too many wish to be happy before becoming wise. ~ Suzanne Curchod

To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends too much money, that he is misunderstood or that he is different; none of this is necessarily complimentary, but it will flatter him infinitely more that merely telling him that he is brilliant, or noble, or wise, or good. ~ Helen Rowland

Not all wise words were spoken by the wise ~ Sandesh Hukpachongbang

I learned from my illiterate but wise mother that all rights to be deserved and preserved came from duty well done. Thus the very right to live accrues to us only when we do the duty of citizenship of the world. From this one fundamental statement, perhaps it is easy enough to define the duties of Man and Woman and correlate every right to some corresponding duty to be first performed. Every other right can be shown to be a usurpation hardly worth fighting for. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

The artist has the master picture in his mind, before he begins to paint. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The best company you can keep in the midst of trouble are positive thoughts. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Desire. Dream. Dare. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't feel the need to vent or complain, no matter how badly you would like to express your feelings. When it comes to speaking of those in power, always think of the consequences. Think about how those around you will perceive what you have to say. Will what you say be of advantage to you or will it hurt you in the end? ~ Bohdi Sanders

The saddest sound in the universe is made when the heart breaks. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Personality wise, we are all kindred spirits. I've said this before; if we [with Mike Mangini ] ever went to high school together we would have been friends. He is just one of us! We felt that immediate connect. ~ John Petrucci

Learn from another's pain before you have to learn from your own. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Excavations at Ai Khanoum on the northern border of modern Afghanistan have produced great quantities of Greek inscriptions and even the remnants of a philosophical treatise originally on papyrus. One of the most interesting is the base of a dedication by one Klearchos, perhaps the known student of Aristotle, that records his bringing to this new Greek city, Alexandria on the Oxus, the traditional maxims from the shrine of Apollo at Delphi concerning the five ages of man:

In childhood, seemliness
In youth, self-control
In middle age, justice
In old age, wise council
In death, painlessness ~ Robin Lane Fox

The Christmas presents once opened are Not So Much Fun as they were while we were in the process of examining, lifting, shaking, thinking about, and opening them. Three hundred sixty-five days later, we try again and find that the same thing has happened. Each time the goal is reached, it becomes Not So Much Fun, and we're off to reach the next one, then the next one, then the next.
That doesn't mean that the goals we have don't count. They do, mostly because they cause us to go through the process and it's the process that makes us wise, happy, or whatever. If we do things in the wrong sort of way, it makes us miserable, angry, confused, and things like that. The goal has to be right for us, and it has to be beneficial, in order to ensure a beneficial process. But aside from that, it's really the process that's important. ~ Benjamin Hoff

Do not rebuke mockers, or they will hate you; rebuke the wise, and they will love you. ~ King Solomon

Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite ta a party. ~ Joan Crawford

Creating Change - The first step to creating any change is deciding what you do want so that you have something to move toward. ~ Tony Robbins

Boldly walk on own path. You will find your treasure. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Illness is merely the bitter, which a wise Providence mingles in the cup of life. ~ James Holman

Don't remain silent about what you want, or you may never get it."
"You are very wise," Kieran said gravely.
"Well," said Dru. "I actually saw that on a mug."
"Mugs in this world are very wise. ~ Cassandra Clare

L.A. runs on optimism, enthusiasm and flattery. I think you can go a little bit crazy. I've heard people say there's a limit to the number of years you can stay in this city without going slightly mad. It's just too damn sunny in every dimension - weather-wise, socially and professionally. ~ Hugh Laurie

For the next several minutes nothing much happened, biscuit wise. ~ W. Bruce Cameron

Positive life, positive action. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Hope is a dangerous thing, Raisa thought. Once kindled, it's hard to put out. It makes wise people into fools. ~ Cinda Williams Chima

Oh, be wise, Thou!
Instructed that true knowledge leads to love. ~ William Wordsworth

Tonglen dissolves your solid sense of "I'm the wise person, I'm going to help this poor, unfortunate loser." ~ Pema Chodron