Bodhidharma Quotes, Karma Quotes, Wise Quotes

Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn't exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn't wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Bodhidharma Quotes , Karma Quotes , Wise Quotes

The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes , Love Quotes , Wise Quotes

We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes , Wise Quotes , Clever Quotes

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Wise Quotes

Then Christ will say to us, 'Come you also! Come you drunkards! Come you weaklings! Come you depraved!' And he will say to us, 'Vile creatures, you in the image of the beast and you who bear his mark. All the same, you come too!' And the wise and prudent will say, 'Lord, why are you welcoming them? And he will say, 'O wise and prudent, I am welcoming them because not one of them has ever judged himself worthy. And he will stretch out his arms to us, and we shall fall at his feet, and burst into sobs, and then we shall understand everything, everything! Lord, your kingdom come!

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes , Wise Quotes , Spiritual Quotes

I have myself a poetical enthusiasm for pigs, and the paradise of my fancy is one where pigs have wings. But it is only men, especially wise men, who discuss whether pigs can fly; we have no particular proof that pigs ever discuss it.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Wise Quotes , Men Quotes

For to be wise and love exceeds man's might.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Love Quotes , Wise Quotes

The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Confucius Quotes , Wise Quotes , Character Quotes

As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Wise Quotes , Wisdom Quotes

For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man is quick at seizing advantages, and the stupid man has no fear of death.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Sun Tzu Quotes , Wise Quotes , Stupid Quotes

Fools make researches and wise men exploit them - that is our earthly way of dealing with the question, and we thank Heaven for an assumed abundance of financially impotent and sufficiently ingenious fools.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : H. G. Wells Quotes , Wise Quotes , Men Quotes

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Wise Quotes

Praise of power leads to weakness; Love of things leads to loss; The wise one leads by filling people's hearts; He destroys illusion and disturbs those who believe they are wise; He does nothing yet everything happens.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Laozi Quotes , Wise Quotes , Believe Quotes

A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Confucius Quotes , Wise Quotes , Heart Quotes

The fool who recognizes his foolishness, is a wise man. But the fool who believes himself a wise man, he really is a fool.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Wise Quotes , Believe Quotes

Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?” “Of course I believe in the truth,” said Rhoda, staring. “Yes, you say that, but perhaps you haven’t thought about it. The truth hurts sometimes – and destroys one’s illusions.” “I’d rather have it all the same.” said Rhoda. “So would I. But I don’t know that we’re wise.” Mrs. Oliver; Rhoda Dawes

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Agatha Christie Quotes , Wise Quotes , Hurt Quotes

She marking them begins a wailing note And sings extemporally a woeful ditty How love makes young men thrall and old men dote How love is wise in folly, foolish-witty Her heavy anthem still concludes in woe, And still the choir of echoes answer so.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Wise Quotes , Witty Quotes

When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : John Milton Quotes , Wise Quotes , Men Quotes

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Bodhidharma Quotes , Wise Quotes , People Quotes

Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people!

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Laozi Quotes , Wise Quotes , Philosophy Quotes