#wisdom

Life changes us. To wish otherwise is pointless. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#life-and-living #wisdom #change

Yesterday I was clever, That is why I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, That is why I am changing myself. ↗

— Sri Chinmoy

#change

This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God. ↗

— William Law

#alone #christianity #conforming #devotion #enjoyments

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#axiom #been #important #infinitely #little

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. ↗

— Akhenaton

#cares #contented #contented mind #greatest #hidden

Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment. ↗

— Steve Albini

#conventional wisdom #doubt #experiment #reason #unless

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#life #wisdom #anger

Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values. ↗

— Sidney Hook

#consequences #human #human values #kind #knowledge

The wise men posit questions to which they may not always find immediate answers, but through their reflections God stimulates man in his search for truth - which in the last analysis is a search for God himself. ↗

— University of Navarre

#god #old-testament #religion #scripture #wisdom

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 faith rather than reason. ↗

— Hal Borland

#calls #deals #fact #faith #lies