Wisdom Quotes

"We must not judge the validity of a doctrine by its popularity."

"Let us guard against the deceitfulness of our own hearts."

"The tongue is a small member, yet it can inflict great harm."

"The fear of the Lord is the treasury of all wisdom."

"The world is burning, yet water flows. The eyes see, yet the mind wanders. Nanak says, fix your gaze within."

"To know oneself is to know the infinite."

"Greed is a disease that no medicine can cure except renunciation."

"The silence between words contains more truth than words themselves."

"The seed contains the forest; the moment contains eternity."

"What is spoken in anger is written in regret."

"To understand others is wisdom; to understand oneself is enlightenment."

"The wealth of experience cannot be bought or sold."

"Pride goes before a fall."

"The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord."

"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, think about these things."

"For the love of money is the root of all evil."

"Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed."

"A fool finds no pleasure in understanding, but delights in airing his own opinions."

"The way of the fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice."

"Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise."

"Do not give dogs what is sacred."

"Do not throw your pearls to pigs."

"What good is it if someone gains the whole world, yet forfeits their soul?"

"All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything."

"The world has not yet learned what thoughts are; it knows not what conversation is, it knows not what prayer is."

"The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence."

"The greatest truths are the simplest things, and the most common things; but the tragedy is that the most uncommon thing is to see the common."

"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."

"Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought."

"The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do for themselves."