Wisdom Quotes
The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.
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"Wisdom comes from listening to all, judging none."Neem Karoli Baba
"The greatest obstacle to spiritual progress is the belief that you are separate from the whole."Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
"The human mind is capable of infinite expansion when freed from superstition."Rammohan Roy
"To preserve what is good, we must have the wisdom to change what is harmful."Rammohan Roy
"A thinking society is a free society."Rammohan Roy
"Every custom should justify itself anew to each generation."Rammohan Roy
"The mind that refuses to grow is already dying."Rammohan Roy
"A society that silences questioning is a society in decline."Rammohan Roy
"A mind expanded by new ideas can never return to its original dimensions."Rammohan Roy
"Wisdom is knowing not just what to say, but when to remain silent."Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
"The guru is in your heart. Listen to the guru within you."Neem Karoli Baba
"The mind is the cause of bondage and the mind is the cause of liberation."Sai Baba
"Every person carries a spark of divinity within."Sai Baba
"Wisdom whispers where noise cannot reach."Sai Baba
"Progress without compassion is merely the advancement of cruelty."Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
"Knowledge without application is merely collection."Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
"Wisdom comes to those who listen more than they speak."Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
"A humble heart is the soil from which wisdom grows."Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous; wisdom without knowledge is incomplete."Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
"The greatest obstacle to human progress is the bondage of superstition and blind adherence to tradition."Rammohan Roy
"To understand another's perspective is the beginning of wisdom."Rammohan Roy
"To question authority is not to be rebellious, but to be truly alive."Rammohan Roy
"The moment you have in your mind the idea that these things are separate, you will never understand them."J. Krishnamurti
"To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet."J. Krishnamurti
"It is only when the mind is free from the known that it can discover what is true."J. Krishnamurti
"Self-knowledge is the beginning of wisdom."J. Krishnamurti
"The moment you compare, you have judged and stopped understanding."J. Krishnamurti
"The mind is the architect of our destiny; we build it brick by brick through our thoughts and actions."Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
"In silence lies the greatest power. Listen more than you speak, and you shall understand the secrets of the universe."Keshab Chandra Sen
"The seeds of wisdom are planted in the soil of experience and watered by the tears of mistakes."Keshab Chandra Sen