All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom

“When we search for “ourselves” in the eyes of others, we have imprisoned our own-selves in believing that our self-worth is nothing unless others validate who we are. Unless we approve of whom we are, what we are, and what we are capable of doing as an individual, only then we will have released “ourselves” from our own imprisonment. We are in charge of our own life’s destiny and what we do and become can only be validated by our accomplishments and failures; not by what others may think of us.”

“Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.”

“When I start a new seminar I tell my students that I will undoubtedly contradict myself, and that I will mean both things. But an acceptance of contradiction is no excuse for fuzzy thinking. We do have to use our minds as far as they will take us, yet acknowledge that they cannot take us all the way.”

“All knowledge meets an end at the question ‘…Why?”

“Grown people know that they do not always know the way of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof.”

“He who binds to himself a joyDoes the winged life destroy;But he who kisses the joy as it fliesLives in eternity’s sun rise.”

“Some people are like thorns. But you have to let them be thorns, because thorns can’t turn into petals. The trick is not letting them prick you; never let a thorn prick you!”

“I observe and remain silent.”

“There are two kinds of fools. One says, “This is old, and therefore good.” And one says, ” This is new, and therefore better.”

“It is because of its emptiness that the cup is useful.”

“Probably the wisest words that were ever uttered to me. Came from a therapist. I was sitting in her office, crying my eyes out. . . and she said, “So let me get this straight. You base your personal happiness on things entirely out of your control.”

“Ordinary people merely think how they shall ‘spend’ their time; a man of talent tries to ‘use’ it.”

“Misfortunes make us wise”

“Lady Wisdom will be your close friend; and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion.”

“A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin’s face. ‘There are those,’ he said gently, ‘who must first learn loss, despair, and grief. Of all paths to wisdom, this is the cruelest and longest. Are you one who must follow such a way? This even I cannot know. If you are, take heart nonetheless. Those who reach the end do more than gain wisdom. As rough wool becomes cloth, and crude clay a vessel, so do they change and fashion wisdom for others, and what they give back is greater than what they won.”