#wisdom

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

Animals are not only beholders of great beauty, but they are also beholders of ancient wisdom. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#animal-totem #animal-wisdom #beauty #beholders #inspiration

Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still. ↗

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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All men by nature desire to know. ↗

— Aristotle

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Greater men died for lesser reasons ↗

— Ahmad AbdelHady

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How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever. ↗

— David Norris

#wisdom #money

Herein lies the supreme wisdom, human and divine; and the task of philosophy consists in teaching men to submit joyously to Necessity which hears nothing and is indifferent to all. ↗

— Lev Shestov

#philosophy #wisdom #men

If you’re reading these words, perhaps it’s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you’re ready to embrace change. It isn’t enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can happen to other people but not to you. We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#change #inspiration #meditation #mindfulness #wisdom