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