“The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest.”
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Wise Quotes — page 185 of 916
“Wisdom is a sacred communion.”
“Sorrow makes us all children again - destroys all differences of intellect. The wisest know nothing.”
“Genius seems to consistent merely in trueness of sight.”
“Finally you come to a point where you almost know it all. You are very wise. You are very pure... except for the fact that you may well have gotten caught in the last trap... the desire to know it all and still be you, "the knower." This is an impossibility. For all of the finite knowledge does not add up to the infinite. In order to take the final step, the knower must go. That is, you can only BE it all, but you can't know it all. The goal is non-dualistic - as long as there is a "knower" and "known" you are in dualism.”
“As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.”
“The only real experience that counts, is your own.”
“Knowledge, or verbal facility, is no proof that you know what you're talking about.”
“Whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to its maturity.”
“The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.”
“It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself.”
“Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.”
“[The Federal Convention] is really an assembly of demigods.”
“On Pride: This sickness is most dangerous when it succeeds in looking like humility. When a proud man thinks he is humble his case is hopeless.”
“Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?”
“Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand virtually alone in accomplishing this mission. No committee decides who may enter, no crisis of body or spirit must accompany the entrant. No tuition is charged, no oath sworn, no visa demanded. Of the monuments humans build for themselves, very few say - touch me, use me, my hush is not indifference, my space is not barrier. If I inspire awe, it is because I am in awe of you and the possibilities that dwell in you.”
“My responsibility to myself, my neighbors, my family and the human family is to try to tell the truth.”
“The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.”
“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.”
“A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.”