#wisdom

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#ages #experience #perpetuated #quotations #wise

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#been #combine #only #power #rarely

He felt a little lost, after that experience. Lost as the girls on their knees. It was a never-ending story of young girls losing themselves, such that they were no longer humans with any souls or characters, but pretty girls with fat asses and nice tits. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#asian #asian-fetish #boy #boyfriend #erotic-fiction

The source of wisdom and power, of love and beauty, is within ourselves, but not within our egos. It is within our consciousness. Indeed, its presence provides us with a conscious contrast which enables us to speak of the ego as if it were something different and apart: it is the true Self whereas the ego is only an illusion of the mind. ↗

— Paul Brunton

#self #wisdom #beauty

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#discovery #greatest #greatest obstacle #ignorance #illusion

Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason. ↗

— Hal Borland

#calls #constantly #deals #fact #faith

Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#body #bright #clear #empty #enlightenment

What if Barack Obama established a Presidential Advisory Committee that would meet once every couple of months, bringing together the former presidents for a conference in order to seek their collective wisdom? There is a wealth of experience in former presidents that generally goes untapped. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#barack #barack obama #bringing #collective #committee

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#expect #government #human #human wisdom #people

Patience is the companion of wisdom. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#companion #patience