If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration that you keep alive throughout the day. Then what you say, what you think, and what you do will then be in the light of that wisdom and you will avoid making mistakes and creating suffering.
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What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young read more
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'… I can't fathom my own heart.
For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'… I can't fathom my own heart.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do.
To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do.
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise
It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise
I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I read more
I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I think I had the wisdom as a child to know that it would help me later on.
