Wisdom Teachings Quotes & Sayings

The teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, Any price will be paid. — Akkineni Nagarjuna

Fools only crib about what they do not have. They do not count their blessings. — Radhe Maa

Christianity is not a set of teachings to understand. It is a Person to follow. As he walked with Jesus, Andrew watched Jesus heal the sick, teach God's wisdom, and demonstrate God's power. Andrew not only learned about God; he actually experienced Him! Moments will come when you stand at a crossroads with your Lord. You will have a hundred questions for Him. Rather than answering the questions one by one, Jesus may say, "Put on your shoes, step out onto the road, and follow Me." As you walk daily with Him, Jesus will answer your questions, and you will discover far more than you even knew to ask. — Henry T. Blackaby

You may think you're not blind, but can you see in the dark? — Luis Marques

Pema calls these activities "the six ways of compassionate living": generosity, patience, discipline, exertion, meditation, and prajna, or wisdom. The basis for all these practices is the cultivation of maitri, an unconditional loving-kindness with ourselves that says, "Start where you are." In Buddhist terms, this path is known as bodhisattva activity. Simply put, a bodhisattva is one who aspires to act from an awakened heart. In terms of the Shambhala teachings, it is the path of warriorship. To join these two streams, Pema likes to use the term warrior-bodhisattva, which implies a fresh and forward-moving energy that is willing to enter into suffering for others' benefit. Such action relates to overcoming the self-deception, self-protection, and other habitual reactions that we use to keep ourselves secure - in a prison of concepts. By gently and precisely cutting through these barriers of ego, we develop a direct experience of bodhichitta. — Pema Chodron

Love is the process of melting into the other — Radhe Maa

Those who have no mental vigilance,
Though they may hear the teachings, ponder them or meditate,
With minds like water seeping from a leaking jug,
Their learning will not settle in their memories. — Shantideva

You don't find Truth, but Truth finds you. — Luis Marques

Nor does it matter from the standpoint of a comparative study of symbolic forms whether Christ or the Buddha ever actually lived and performed the miracles associated with their teachings. The religious literatures of the world abound in counterparts of those two great lives. And what one may learn from them all, finally, is that the savior, the hero, the redeemed one, is the one who has learned to penetrate the protective wall of those fears within, which exclude the rest of us, generally, in our daylight and even our dreamnight thoughts, from all experience of our own and the world's divine ground. The mythologized biographies of such saviors communicate the messages of their world-transcending wisdom in world-transcending symbols - which, ironically, are then generally translated back into such verbalized thoughts as built the interior walls in the first place. — Joseph Campbell

Do not bank on mere mortals. Trust the One who will never fail you — Radhe Maa

The wise men understood that this natural world is only an image and a copy of paradise. The existence of this world is simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect. God created the world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom. — Paulo Coelho

The saviour answered ... and said, If you want to be perfect, you will keep these teachings. If not, you deserve to be called ignorant. For a wise person cannot associate with a fool. The wise person is perfect in all wisdom, but to the fool, good and evil are one and the same. For the wise person will be nourished by the truth ... Some people have wings but run after what they can see, what is far from the truth. — Anonymous

Everything is possible through complete devotion to the Lord. — Radhe Maa

If you won't improve yourself, who will? — Radhe Maa

Each experience of love nudges us toward the Story of Interbeing, because it only fits into that story and defies the logic of Separation. — Charles Eisenstein

It is safer to face a strong enemy in the field of battle, than to fight a war by the side of a weak friend. — Luis Marques

There is no greater power than the one others do not believe you possess. — Luis Marques

The night is Ours. Rejoicing in the ethereal realms where We are kings. Blessed souls of forgotten immortality. They fear Us in every grasp. — Luis Marques

I have spent much of my adult life trying to figure out how to experience holiness, and now I know that the struggle to figure things out is antithetical to the experience. You simply relax into holiness the way you would a warm bath. — Victor Shamas

Give and take is business not bhakti — Radhe Maa

Praise the one who speaks ill of you. Before long he will become a friend — Radhe Maa

Did you ever face Death and let it stare back at you right in the Eyes? — Luis Marques

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has a remarkable ability to present the wisdom of the Buddha's teachings in a manner that is as fresh and accessible as it is profound. With Rebel Buddha, he goes straight to the core of the spiritual path, showing how the Buddha's liberating insights transcend race, religion, and culture. This book is sure to provoke, inspire, and move us one step closer to creating a thoroughly modern approach to spirituality. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself. — C. JoyBell C.

It is important to reignite our compassion for others because without it we will be lost in the sea of suffering — Radhe Maa

The true value of a gift is the sentiment behind the gifting. — Radhe Maa

Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness is the perfect companion to Mindfulness in Plain English. Written with the thoroughness and the masterful simplicity so characteristic of his teaching, Bhante Gunaratana presents essential guidelines for turning the Buddha's teachings on the Eightfold Path into living wisdom. — Larry Rosenberg

Knowledge is a sacred gem that must be conquered,wielded and empowered. To access such gnosis is not a right,but a privilege of the evolved. — Luis Marques

One of the ways that your project, your personal healing, or your social invention can change the world is through story. But even if no one ever learns of it, even if it is invisible to every human on Earth, it will have no less of an effect. — Charles Eisenstein

Serve your parents if you expect your children to serve you when you are old — Radhe Maa

Don't wait for the right conditions. All you need for your growth is available to you in this moment — Radhe Maa

The wisdom teachings that permeate this book revolve around the truth that radically honest, compassionate self-exploration leads to self-awareness, and that true self-awareness is always healing. It opens us to the naturalness of love, peace, joy, and our own boundless creativity. Love, and especially self-love and acceptance, is the greatest healing force that I have gleaned thus far. — Robin Rose Bennett

To face a real daemon, you must first look inwards and conquer your own darkness. — Luis Marques

We are not just a skin-encapsulated ego, a soul encased in flesh. We are each other and we are the world. — Charles Eisenstein

. . . And the consequence to that is, you can never attain a Clear Awareness of life's flow by absorbing and following Old Teachings, however revered by our culture, however vaunted by institutions and fancy buildings, however nice they sound, because you must already hold adequate wisdom in order to even identify it. Unless you can tell which expressions are wise because you are aware of life's nature yourself, you will invariably be soundly, profoundly fooled. — Thomas Daniel Nehrer

First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words;
Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher;
Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation;
And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions. — Gautama Buddha

The gift of new day is divine. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Know the one who wants nothing to be the wealthiest. — Radhe Maa

We are all poor in the face of God's majesty. Not all of us realise it. — Radhe Maa

Do not expect too much from the world. We are here to give not to take. — Radhe Maa

Plough your fields, cast your seeds, the rains will come when they please. — Radhe Maa

Love does not expect anything in return — Radhe Maa

Money comes to those who act intelligently, and God to those who hunger for his grace — Radhe Maa

Words are more dangerous than swords and guns. They reach further and hurt deeper. — Luis Marques

The secret of true happiness lies within unwavering devotion to God — Radhe Maa

The hidden mist of forgotten truth is not for the mundane eye to see ... — Luis Marques

If your aims are lofty, your achievements are bound to be great. — Radhe Maa

Cut the cords of attachment. Expand the circle of love. — Radhe Maa

Hatred can be cured by love. — Radhe Maa

Light and Darkness. One cannot exist without the other. There is no true Master, without the power of balance. — Luis Marques

The deepest of powers are often the most subtle. Something that most fail to realize ... — Luis Marques

Life is a chance at Evolution. Overcome yourself and Become. — Luis Marques

Just as the athlete has his coach, the Hindu his yogi, and the student his mentor, there are many of us who find wisdom in dogs. Because of their teachings, we are better people. — Jennifer Skiff

Fear exists because we do not have faith. — Radhe Maa

To master life, control the mind. To control the mind, guard your speech. — Radhe Maa

Don't follow someone else's map. You should glean teachings from all directions, keeping true to those that bring progress yet remaining open to changes in yourself. — Deepak Chopra

Love is God, and the one that believes in love, believes in God. — Radhe Maa

Humans are naturally scared and confused beings. They not only fear the unknown, as they live fearing themselves ... — Luis Marques

What can you give God but bhakti bhava? He owns it all anyway. — Radhe Maa

However, the real beauty is not in the words themselves, but in the listener that has the power to understand them. — Luis Marques

Respect those elder to you in years, in knowledge and spiritual attainment and act with love and compassion with those who are younger or less fortunate than you. — Radhe Maa

Saints love all beings. They love even those who attempt to harm them. — Radhe Maa

The teachings of the Mage Guild were that none of these others was real, no one else and nothing anywhere was real, that everything around him was merely a shadow born of Alain's own illusions. He had accepted that wisdom - until he had met Mari. In a world where nothing was allowed to change, Alain had been changed.
He could let himself feel emotions again. He had learned what it meant to help someone else. He had learned what a friend was. He had forgotten what love was. Until he had fallen in love. — Jack Campbell

Anyen Rinpoche is a compassionate embodiment of wisdom. The skillful teachings in The Tibetan Yoga of Breath will be a source of peace and happiness for many in these troubled times, for which I am very grateful. — Garchen Rinpoche

The Shambhala teachings are founded on the premise that there is basic human wisdom that can help to solve the world's problems. This wisdom does not belong to any one culture or religion, nor does it come only from the West or the East. Rather it is a tradition of human warrior-ship that has existed in many cultures at many times throughout history. — Chogyam Trungpa

Do not gossip about monks and speak ill of spiritual teachers — Radhe Maa

It's time that Islam should be redefined by the world based upon, the goodness of all the peace-loving Muslims, instead of the theoretical teachings of some books, be it Quran or the Hadith. — Abhijit Naskar

Sometimes the dim veil between sanity and insanity is perception. — Luis Marques

Poor are those who have eyes but cannot see ... — Luis Marques

The state of interbeing is a vulnerable state. It is the vulnerability of the naive altruist, of the trusting lover, of the unguarded sharer. To enter it, one must leave behind the seeming shelter of a control-based life, protected by walls of cynicism, judgment, and blame. — Charles Eisenstein

According to esoteric teachings power flows with thought and what we think about is what we actually value with our personal power. When you value matter more than spirit, you lose touch with your higher power, it's as simple as that. — Shaeri Richards

God and devotee are bound for ever in ropes of love — Radhe Maa

In darkness lies a mystery that has the power to shine brighter than true light. — Luis Marques

To live without an aim is to wander in a wilderness. — Radhe Maa

To live in a peaceful home is to experience paradise on earth — Radhe Maa

One may be an excellent pianist, mathematician, gardener, or scientist and still be cranky and jealous, but in the West one can be considered a great moralist and yet not live by one's moral principles. We must simply recall here the Buddhist requirement that a person and his or her teachings be compatible. Ethics is not like any ordinary science. It must arise from the deepest understanding of human qualities, and such understanding comes only when one undertakes the journey of discovery personally. An ethic that is built exclusively on intellectual ideas and that is not buttressed at every point by virtue, genuine wisdom, and compassion has no solid foundation. — Matthieu Ricard

The holistic acupuncturist and the sea turtle rescuer may not be able to explain the feeling, 'We are serving the same thing,' but they are. Both are in service to an emerging story of the People that is the defining mythology of a new kind of civilization. — Charles Eisenstein

An Asetian never tries to talk louder than the crowd surrounding him. An Asetian becomes that crowd. — Luis Marques

Addiction, self-sabotage, procrastination, laziness, rage, chronic fatigue, and depression are all ways that we withhold our full participation in the program of life we are offered. When the conscious mind cannot find a reason to say no, the unconscious says no in its own way. — Charles Eisenstein

Live a virtuous life, help everyone and spread joy wherever you go. — Radhe Maa

Do not desire a long life or an early death — Radhe Maa

An evolved and balanced Ego can be a valuable tool for the Self. But a blinding one is always among the first footsteps into Oblivion. — Luis Marques

To become an Asetian is to die and be reborn. To forget all you have learned and learn all you have forgotten. — Luis Marques

My Mother

My mother was not educated but she was the best teacher I've ever had in my entire life. She had what it's called natural wisdom, bless her precious soul. Here some of her teachings: Human Values:
Love: Learn to love because everything that's based on love has a deep rooted foundation.
Kindness: Be kind all the time but never let anyone take advantage of your kindness.
Peace: Learn to have peace with yourself when the world turns against you because it starts with you.
Honesty: Be honest to yourself and then to the others.
Respect: Respect others and they will respect you.
Openness: Be always transparent especially when you are hurting. Never pretend that it's all okay.
Loyalty: Always be loyal to your family and make sure your family comes before anything else.
She taught me to learn to compose myself when life gets tough and unfair to me.

I love you mama & Happy Mothers Day — Euginia Herlihy

It is quite normal to fear what one most desires. We desire to transcend the Story of the World that has come to enslave us, that indeed is killing the planet. We fear what the end of that story will bring: the demise of much that is familiar.
Fear it or not, it is happening already. — Charles Eisenstein

By practicing compassion and forgiveness, one can control hatred. — Radhe Maa

We are all here to contribute our gifts toward something greater than ourselves, and will never be content unless we are. — Charles Eisenstein

Predator and prey move in silent gestures, on the seductive dance of death, in the shadows cast by the vultures of the night. — Luis Marques

God gives us opportunity to serve him by serving humanity. — Radhe Maa

Sufism and yoga are one and the same thing. They are just words, in wisdom there is no difference. All the teachings are absolutely the same. They are only different paths to the One. — Irina Tweedie

Think, how hard it is to change yourself. How can it be easy to change others? — Radhe Maa

Humility is more powerful than egoistic pride. Water is more powerful than the strongest cliff and Love is more powerful than might. — Radhe Maa

The power of faith can be a strong force, but the power of knowing is even stronger. — Luis Marques

Water and grace flow to persons and places that are lower. — Radhe Maa

If you wish to enjoy a position, find ways of being useful, hard working and cooperative with the people whose favour has given you the position — Radhe Maa

When both sides of a controversy revel in the defeat and humiliation of the other side, in fact they are on the same side: the side of war. — Charles Eisenstein

His tears and his spontaneous laughter are teachings within the teaching, reminding us of the incarnate dimension of wisdom. — Dalai Lama XIV

Live every day as if it is a festival. Turn your life into a celebration — Radhe Maa

Consider how blessed you are to have the things you do in life. — Radhe Maa

Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they telling us to fight against that other 'undesirable' side, the bad and the black. That is a big question. If there is wisdom in the sacred teachings, there should not be any war. As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation. — Chogyam Trungpa