#wisdom

These violent delights have violent ends. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#suddenness #wisdom #shakespeare

For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy. ↗

— Plato

#thinking #wisdom #wondering #philosophical

...if you've got writer's block, you aren't empty - maybe it's just like Twitter - overwhelmed, and loading seems to be taking a while... ↗

— John Geddes

#twitter-quotes #wisdom-quote #writer #writer-s-block #writers-quotes

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#go #great #ill #little #little minds

When you love you give meaning to this world. ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#love

Prefiero, señor, obrar bien y fracasar, antes que triunfar con malas artes. Palabras de Neoptólemo a Odiseo, en la tragedia griega Filoctetes. ↗

— Sophocles

#art

Ah Life, Thou art a false truth! ↗

— Raheel Farooq

#paradox #truth #wisdom #art

Intuition is our inner teacher, our inner source of love, truth and wisdom, in life. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#life #love #spirituality #truth #wisdom

We are born, we suffer, we die. However, love is a possibility for us all and, for some few, there is also a big house." Daniel could not resist asking, because he really wanted to know. "Need they be mutually exclusive? Can't we have both love and house?" Joe smiled. "Certainly. But one must consider carefully how one goes about getting the house. ↗

— Susan Trott

#materialism #truth #wisdom #love

Wisdom is nothing more than the marriage of intelligence and compassion. And, as with all good unions, it takes much experience and time to reach its widest potential. Have you introduced your intellect to your compassion yet? Be careful; lately, intellect has taken to eating in front of the TV and compassion has taken in too many cats. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#blending #compassion #compassionate #intelligence #intelligent