All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom

“Everybody wants to be on the mountaintop, but if you’ll remember, mountaintops are rocky and cold. There is no growth on the top of a mountain. Sure, the view is great, but what’s a view for? A view just gives us a glimpse of our next destination-our next target. But to hit that target, we must come off the mountain, go through the valley, and begin to climb the next slope. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life’s next peak.”

“He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animated abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in fashion only to vulgarize it and who caricature every cause they serve, however sincerely.”

“People are always worried about what’s happening next. They often find it difficult to stand still, to occupy the now without worrying about the future. People are generally not satisfied with what they have; they are very concerned with what they are going to have.”

“Don’t forget to love yourself.”

“Old words are reborn with new faces.”

“Education is beautification of the inner world and the outer world.”

“The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and books on ornithologists written by birds”

“The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of his ephemeral existence.”

“Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.”

“ما في المقامِ لذي عقلٍ وذي أدبمِنْ رَاحَة ٍ فَدعِ الأَوْطَانَ واغْتَرِبِسافر تجد عوضاً عمَّن تفارقهُوَانْصِبْ فَإنَّ لَذِيذَ الْعَيْشِ فِي النَّصَبِإني رأيتُ وقوفَ الماء يفسدهُإِنْ سَال طَابَ وَإنْ لَمْ يَجْرِ لَمْ يَطِبِوالأسدُ لولا فراقُ الأرض ما افترستوالسَّهمُ لولا فراقُ القوسِ لم يصبوالشمس لو وقفت في الفلكِ دائمة لَمَلَّهَا النَّاسُ مِنْ عُجْمٍ وَمِنَ عَرَبِو البدر لولا أفول منه ما نظرتإليه في كل حين عين مرتقبوالتَّبْرَ كالتُّرْبَ مُلْقَى في أَمَاكِنِه والعودُ في أرضه نوعً من الحطبفإن تغرَّب هذا عزَّ مطلبهُ وإنْ تَغَرَّبَ ذَاكَ عَزَّ كالذَّهَبِِ”

“A knavish speech sleeps in a fool’s ear.”

“Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer’s own form.”

“Forget the place you’re trying to get to and see the beauty in right now…”

“A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.”

“Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.”