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Wisdom


Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
David  (1037–970 BC)
'Psalms', KJV, Psalm 1:1

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding.
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
'Book of Proverbs', KJV, 9:10

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
'Book of Proverbs', KJV, 16:8

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
'Book of Proverbs', KJV, 16:19

In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
'Ecclesiastes', KJV, 1:18

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
'Ecclesiastes', KJV, 5:2

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
'Ecclesiastes', KJV, 7:4

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
'Ecclesiastes', KJV, 7:5

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
'Ecclesiastes', KJV, 7:13

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
'Ecclesiastes', KJV, 11:1

Remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
'Ecclesiastes', KJV, 11:10

There is wisdom in dimming your light.
For the soft and gentle will overcome the hard and powerful.
Lao Tsu  (6-th century BC)
'Tao Te Ching' in translation by Tolbert McCarroll

Those who know do not speak.
Those who speak do not know.
Lao Tsu  (6-th century BC)
'Tao Te Ching' in translation by Tolbert McCarroll

Ye suffer from yourselves.  None else compels.
None other holds you that ye live and die,
And whirl upon the wheel, and hug and kiss.
It's spokes of agony, it's tire of tears, it's nave of nothingness.
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)
Buddha's very first sermon in translation of Swami Vivekananda

We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)
'Dhammapada' in translation of Thomas Byrom

However many holy words you read,
However many you speak,
What good will they do you
If you do not act upon them?
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)
'Dhammapada' in translation of Thomas Byrom

Whatever is material shape, past, future, present, subjective or objective, gross or subtle, mean or excellent, whether it is far or near — all material shape should be seen by perfect intuitive wisdom as it really is: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.'
Whatever is feeling, whatever is perception, whatever are habitual tendencies, whatever is consciousness, past, future, present, subjective or objective, gross or subtle, mean or excellent, whether it is far or near — all should be seen by perfect intuitive wisdom as it really is: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.'
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.  To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night.  If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)

He who wherever he goes is attached to no person and to no place by ties of flesh; who accepts good and evil alike, neither welcoming the one nor shrinking from the other — take it that such a one has attained Perfection.
'Bhagavad-Gita'  (between 5-th and 2-nd century BC)

Wisdom begins in wonder.
Socrates  (469–399 BC)

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates  (469–399 BC)

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
Plato  (427–347 BC)

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
Aristotle  (384–322 BC)

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
Epicurus  (341–270 BC)

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Cicero  (106–43 BC)

A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever.  Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca  (4 BC – AD 65)

Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
Bodhidharma  (AD 470–543)

If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
'Zenrin-kushu'  (published in 1688),
'Collection of Sayings from the Zen Forest'

Science is organized knowledge.  Wisdom is organized life.
Immanuel Kant  (1724–1804)

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything — and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
Georg Lichtenberg  (1742–1799)

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
Henry Thoreau  (1817–1862)

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
Herman Hesse  (1877–1962)

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone.  The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Lin Yutang  (1895–1976)

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.  You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
Naguib Mahfouz  (1911–2006)

To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell.
Richard Feynman  (1918–1988)
'The Value of Science', 1955
In a Buddhist temple there [Honolulu], the man in charge
explained a little bit about the Buddhist religion for tourists,
and then ended his talk by telling them he had something to say to them
that they would never forget — and I have never forgotten it.
It was a proverb of the Buddhist religion.


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