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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"The moment a man tries to find his true nature, he becomes divine."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"Mind is the great cause of bondage and liberation."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The man who has acquired discriminative knowledge does not discriminate."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"To know God, one must become simple like a child."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The jnani sees only the Infinite in all finite things."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"When all desires are fulfilled, one realizes their emptiness."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The heart understands what the mind cannot comprehend."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"When you meditate on God's form, you gradually become like that form."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"The goal is not to gain something new, but to remove what covers the eternal truth."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"True wisdom is knowing what you do not know."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"All experiences are stepping stones on the path to the eternal."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves."
John Calvin
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"True knowledge consists first in the fear of the Lord."
John Calvin
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"To make the foundation strong, we must dig deep."
John Calvin
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"The wise man sees God's hand in all things."
John Calvin
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"The fear of God is the beginning of all wisdom."
John Calvin
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"We must judge all things by God's Word, not by our feelings."
John Calvin
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"We grow in grace as we grow in knowledge."
John Calvin
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"All human wisdom is foolishness compared to God."
John Calvin
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"The soul's highest function is to know God."
John Calvin
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"Mindfulness is the path to the Deathless. Heedlessness is the path to death."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Anything that is worth doing is worth doing slowly."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"The most profound things are the simple things."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"The obstacle is the path."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Awareness is like a light that illuminates the darkness."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"We suffer because we are not mindful of the present moment."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"We are each a drop of water containing the whole ocean."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"We cannot rely on our fear to tell us the truth."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"The seed of liberation exists within the seed of suffering."
Thich Nhat Hanh