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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"If you can do something about it, why worry? If you cannot do something about it, why worry?"Dalai Lama (14th)
"When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited. When you are spiritually awakened, all good things come to you naturally."Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
"The Great Mother can be realized through bhakti, knowledge, and renunciation."Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
"The breeze of the Divine is always blowing; we need only spread our sail to catch it."Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
"The more you come to know the mind, the more you realize that it is not the real you."Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
"The Divine Mother plays hide and seek with Herself in all the worlds and in all beings."Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
"Do not repeat the words of wise men, but make their spirit your own."Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
"When you know yourself truly, you know all that needs to be known."Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
"The lotus grows in mud but remains unstained. So too, the soul in the world."Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
"Wisdom is knowing what to do; virtue is doing it."Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
"When you know the Divine, you know yourself."Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
"Now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face."Saint Paul
"Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up."Saint Paul
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—think about such things."Saint Paul
"Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things."Saint Paul
"Now we see only a reflection as in a mirror."Saint Paul
"Beware of no man more than of yourself."Martin Luther
"The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom."Martin Luther
"God sometimes uses our passions as instruments of righteousness."Martin Luther
"A man may go to heaven with half the learning of another."Martin Luther
"This life therefore is not godliness but the process of becoming godly."Martin Luther
"As the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time."Martin Luther
"God is waiting for us to be mature enough to take dominion."Martin Luther
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion."Saint Peter
"It is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people."Saint Peter
"These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith may result in praise, glory and honor."Saint Peter
"Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled."Saint Peter
"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths."Saint Peter
"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand."Saint Peter
"This was not revealed to you by flesh and blood."Saint Peter