Greatest Wisdom Quotes & Sayings

Kindness is the greatest love,
it is the healing touch,
it is the light of our soul,
it is a message from the heart. — Debasish Mridha

Sixth letter : Choose your influences well

We do not move through our days alone or apart from the world around us. And we must always be aware of the things and the people we allow in our lives. It's a mark of wisdom to choose to spend time in those places that inspire and energize you. Whether in our work or within our personal lives, these most positive friends and peers will inspire us to be our greatest selves and to lead our largest lives. — Robin S. Sharma

Again, the glory of one attribute is more seen in one work than in another: in some things there is more of His goodness, in other things more of His wisdom is seen, and in others more of His power. But in the work of redemption all His perfections and excellencies shine forth in their greatest glory. — Thomas Boston

But the greatest wisdom is blinded by the glare of vanity. — Paulo Coelho

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living. — Juvenal

The greatest education is learning to know the divinity of thy soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Fear is the greatest enemy of humanity, it paralyses tons and tons of people around the globe. — Euginia Herlihy

The greatest grace is the sacred life of a fulfilled dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. — Lao-Tzu

They knew a lot, the dead. How many times had she said to Harry they were the world's greatest untapped resource? It was true. All they'd seen, all they'd suffered, all they'd triumphed over - lost to a world in need of wisdom. And why? Because at a certain point in the evolution of the species a profound superstition was sewn into the human heart that the dead were to be considered sources of terror rather than enlightenment. — Clive Barker

Self-confidence is the greatest strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita

To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not; for it is to think one knows what one does not know. No man knows whether death may not even turn out to be the greatest blessing for a human being; and yet people fear it as if they knew for certain that is is the greatest of evil. (Socrates in The Apology) — Plato

Dreamers and thinkers believe in innovative ideas and they become the greatest students of all time. — Euginia Herlihy

He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precepts that were in conformity with his promises, and he gave free rein to carnal pleasure. In all this, as is not unexpected; he was obeyed by carnal men. As for proofs of the truth of his doctrine, he brought forward only such as could be grasped by the natural ability of anyone with a very modest wisdom. Indeed, the truths that he taught he mingled with many fables and with doctrines of the greatest falsity. — Thomas Aquinas

One of life's greatest paradoxes is that it's in the crucible of pain and suffering that we become tender. Not all pain and suffering, certainly. If that were the case, the whole world would be tender, since no one escapes pain and suffering. To these elements must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love and the willingness to remain vulnerable. Together they lead to wisdom and tenderness. — Brennan Manning

One of the greatest lessons we can learn in life is how to keep mute when the boiling ring of anger is dropped within us — Ikechukwu Izuakor

The four had come to an exciting decision" during the six months of the blockade threatened by the authorities, they would make the ruins a laboratory, a demonstration of how well and happily men could live with virtually no machines. They saw now the common man's wisdom in wrecking practically everything. That was the way to do it, and the hell with moderation!
"All right, so we'll heat our water and cook our food and light and warm our homes with wood fires," said Lasher.
"And walk wherever we're going," said Finnerty.
"And read books instead of watching television," said von Neumann. "The Renaissance comes to upstate New York! We'll rediscover the two greatest wonders of the world, the human mind and hand. — Kurt Vonnegut

Of all I have ever seen or learned, that book seems to me the noblest, the wisest, and the most powerful expression of man's life upon this earth - and also the highest flower of poetry, eloquence, and truth. I am not given to dogmatic judgments in the matter of literary creation, but if I had to make one I could say that Ecclesiastes is the greatest single piece of writing I have ever known, and the wisdom expressed in it the most lasting and profound. — Thomas Wolfe

Wisdom is the greatest speaker in history;
nature, second.
Folly is the worst speaker in history;
fools, second. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Person's greatest treasure is the wisdom in his own heart. — Jan-Philipp Sendker

That is the most basic law of the Universe - cause and effect. If our actions are the result of our intentions to do good, to create harmony, to deal fairly, to love dearly, and to live the life of the superior person, can anything else happen except that, as a result of natural law, we reach the loftiest goals to which one can attain and lead lives of greatest happiness? — Wu Wei

The greatest donation that you can give in life is the donation of unconditional love. — Debasish Mridha

In frank expression of conflicting opinion lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action; and in suppression lies ordinarily the greatest peril. — Louis Brandeis

The greatest life is to live your greatest dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is a mission but death is the greatest adventure. — Debasish Mridha

The Transformation of the World is lavishly reinforced with critical apparatus (that, too, must have been a labor of Hercules to translate
I honestly never expected to see this book in English), but by far its greatest attraction is the intelligence and more important the wisdom of its author. It's a towering achievement no serious reader should miss. — Steve Donoghue

Kindness is the greatest gift for the humanity. Nothing is more important than to be kind to each other. — Debasish Mridha

The wisdom and spirit of Churchill not only saved Britain from the Third Reich but saved Western civilization from a Nazi Dark Ages when no other nation was willing to take up that defense. Churchill was the greatest military, political and spiritual leader of the 20th century. — Victor Davis Hanson

Love is the greatest gift to life. — Debasish Mridha

The greatest joy you can get is from giving, and the best thing that you can give is your love. — Debasish Mridha

The greatest foe of human is his mighty wisdom. — Chandrashekar

Greatest risk in life is not to take any risk. — Debasish Mridha

Men have two greatest fears: the first fear is the fear of being needed, and the second fear is the fear of not being needed. — C. JoyBell C.

Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this resource can be effectively tapped in ways that benefit us all. — Michelle Bachelet

The party should stand for a constantly wider diffusion of property. That is the greatest social and economic security that can come to free men. It makes men free. — Jeffrey H Reiman

Life has no destination; it is the greatest journey with the greatest intention. — Debasish Mridha

Society always consists, in greatest part, of young and foolish persons. The old, who have seen through the hypocrisy of the courts and statesmen, die, and leave no wisdom to their sons. They believe their own newspaper, as their fathers did at their age. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

We, or at least I, can have no conception of human life and human thought in a hundred years or fifty years. Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know. The sad ones are those who waste their energy in trying to hold it back, for thy can only feel bitterness in loss and no joy in gain. — John Steinbeck

The greatest investment in life is the investment of unconditional love, as a profit you will get the greatest gift of life: happiness. — Debasish Mridha

In the pages of a book, we find greatest solitude. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Being a word wielder is far better than being a sword wielder. Greatest thing is you can still change the world. — Chandan Sharma

Fools may have the greatest repository of knowledge but will never attain Wisdom. — Caleb Ricketts

To be is the greatest paradox of life facing death. — Sorin Cerin

Sacred meditation is greatest medicine for the body, soul and spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Love, caring, and the spirit of kindness always bring happiness. Our greatest happiness depends on what we love, how we care, and how we share. — Debasish Mridha

Just as the telescope and microscope show us that there is order and design in all the works of God's hand, from the greatest planet down to the least insect, so does the Bible teach us that there is wisdom, order and design in all the events of our daily life. There is no such thing as 'chance', 'luck', or 'accident' in the Christian journey through this world. All is arranged and appointed by God: and all things are 'working together' for the believer's good. — J.C. Ryle

It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but we necessarily have, at the same time, the inconvenience of their collected passions, prejudices and private interests: for regulating commerce an assembly of great men is the greatest fool on earth — Benjamin Franklin

Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good. — Pythagoras

Health is the greatest strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest of our virtues and the worst of our sins is wanting nothing less than more. — Osman Welela

God doth not govern the world only by his will as an absolute monarch, but by his wisdom and goodness as a tender father. It is not his greatest pleasure to show his sovereign power, or his inconceivable wisdom, but his immense goodness, to which he makes the other attributes subservient. — Stephen Charnock

The greatest Emotion is Love.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest gift is your own Life.
The greatest pleasure is CHOCOLATE!
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is that there's always something new to learn.
The greatest virtue is temperance.
The greatest meditation is a peaceful mind.
The greatest practice is to be Kind.
education.
The greatest challenge is to let go. The greatest wisdom is to be in the NOW — Pablo

Thus it is said:
The path into light seems dark,
the path forward seems to go back,
the direct path seems long,
true power seems weak ...
the greatest love seems indifferent,
the greatest wisdom seems childish. — Lao-Tzu

Esteemed friend, citizen of Athens, the greatest city in the world, so outstanding in both intelligence and power, aren't you ashamed to care so much to make all the money you can, and to advance your reputation and prestige
while for truth and wisdom and the improvement of your soul you have no care or worry? — Socrates

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know. Among the most necessary knowledge is the knowledge of how to live well, that is, how to produce the least possible evil and the greatest goodness in one's life. At present, people study useless sciences, but forget to study this, the most important knowledge. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Words have the greatest power to inflict everlasting pain. Words have the greatest power to heal the soul. — Aneta Cruz

This moment is our greatest treasure. We cannot replay the past events. We have no control over future events. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We live in the midst of the greatest scientific civilization in the history of the world. But the greatest wisdom walking our streets is not in any laboratory scientist, but the wisdom of Jesus Christ. — Norman Vincent Peale

Long-suffering is the greatest life survival virtue. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest solution of all is to live and work in partnership with yourself, your family and friends, your work and community, your nation, your world, nature, and spirit. — Marc Allen

[Fighting Climate Change] is important for every single person on the planet, which is why it has to be the greatest grassroots movement of all time. This is the battle of our lives. We're fighting for our children. — Emma Thompson

Knowledge of thyself is the greatest enlightenment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Remember that ofttimes the wisdom of God appears as foolishness to men, but the greatest single lesson we can learn in mortality is that when God speaks and a man obeys, that man will always be right. — Thomas S. Monson

Supreme happiness will be the greatest cause of misery, and the perfection of wisdom the occassion of folly. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Do not worry when situations get bitter. A bitter situation is a better teacher. The greatest lessons in life can least be found in comfort and much more in uncomfortable situations of life. — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

He who thinks they know it all, is bound to take the greatest fall. — Colette Parrino

Contentment is the greatest wealth. — Abhijit Naskar

Finally and essentially: I not only never could have, but never would have, written this book without the conversations with - and the kindness, grace, empathy, forgiveness, and wisdom of - Jared Hohlt, my first and favorite reader, secret keeper, and North Star. His beloved friendship is the greatest gift of my adulthood. — Hanya Yanagihara

As electricity is a great power in the world, so the inner mind is the greatest power available to you. Neither operates independently; both depend upon a separate agency to ignite them to action, and both bring helpful or harmful results according to the wisdom or ignorance with which they are directed. — Roger McDonald

Man's greatest wisdom is to choose his obsession well. — Eliphas Levi

Gratitude is one of the greatest attitudes of the human heart. — Debasish Mridha

There is no Jesus without Judas, no Martin Luther King, Jr., without the Klan; no Ali without Joe Frazier; no freedom without tyranny. No wisdom exists that does not include perspective. Relativity is the greatest gift. — Chris Crutcher

Insignificant, is the loss of relatives, wealth and fame; The loss of wisdom is the greatest loss. Insignificant, is the increase of relatives, wealth and fame; The increase of wisdom is the highest gain. Therefore, you should train yourselves thus: "We will grow in the increase of wisdom" Thus you should train yourselves. — Gautama Buddha

Happiness is the greatest gift of life, nothing else matters. — Debasish Mridha

The greatest strength is the spirit of endurance. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's
greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending
commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may
sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their
dreams from those who live in regret. — Anthony Robbins

Books are the greatest treasure of wisdom and knowledge for mankind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The belief that myths are somehow less true than the symbolic dream we call 'reality' may be the greatest myth of all. — Eric Micha'el Leventhal

Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom. — Galileo Galilei

The greatest cost of the specialization of technological life - and out of which all other damages are birthed - is arguably our separation from the practical and enriching sense of ourselves as embodied beings. When we are alienated from the wisdom of the body, our lives become theoretical and abstract, and we are distanced from the direct, felt sense of living. — Richard Strozzi-Heckler

Parent greatest gift to their children is their bond of love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Life gives us the greatest opportunity to serve and be happy. — Debasish Mridha

Books tap the wisdom of our species
the greatest minds, the best teachers
from all over the world and from all our history. And they're patient. — Carl Sagan

There is a certain wisdom of humanity which is common to the greatest men with the lowest, and which our ordinary education oftenlabors to silence and obstruct. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it. — Constantin Stanislavski

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom. — Rumi

For the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that Love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love. — Viktor E. Frankl

Fear is the greatest obstacle to any adventure. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Solitude is an unmarked place beyond the borders of the map, a place where most fear to tread. It's no surprise, then, that this is where the greatest secrets and most valuable treasures are hidden. — Cristen Rodgers

The priceless gift of life, strength and time is our greatest wealth. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is a bewildering thing in human life that the things that cause the greatest fear is the source of the greatest wisdom. — Carl Jung

No, Zahra, dear, no! Gentleness isn't weakness.' Her hand, suspended in midair, trembled with emptiness and fell to her side. 'How easy it is to be bitter or angry; that's when you're at your weakest! But when you choose to be kind, to forget your hurt, that's when you find within the greatest strength of all.' She smiled, oh, a smile of such ancient wisdom, her face shone with love. She waited, but when I wouldn't smile back, she walked past me. — Judy Croome

One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know. — John Kenneth Galbraith

The greatest managers in the world do not have much in common. But despite their differences, these great managers do share one thing: Before they do anything else, they first break all the rules of conventional wisdom. — Marcus Buckingham

Modern man's narrow-mindedness is best shown in his belief that there is no riddle before him. His wisdom is the sum of his knowledge and his ignorance, of which he is not aware, he accepts it as knowledge. Even in the face of the greatest mystery, he behaves self-consciously and conceitedly. He does not even see the problem. It is in this that the true measure of his ignorance and prejudice is manifested. — Alija Izetbegovic

No sublime wisdom asks to be worshipped or served; the greatest and the most honourable masters are those who refuse to have slaves! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

God grant that as our horizon of duty is widened, our minds may widen with it; that as our burden is increased, our shoulders may be strengthened to bear it. God grant to us that spirit of wisdom and understanding, uprightness, and godly fear, without which, even in greatest things there is nothing; with which, even in the smallest things there is every thing. — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Some of life's greatest wisdom comes from observing the lives of very lost people. — Shannon L. Alder

Your greatest gift is your life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Love is the greatest personal force. — Lailah Gifty Akita