wise-quotes

No matter what life throws at you, fight with your eyes wide open to fight a good fight.

You cannot control the ocean, but you can guide the rivers that feed it.

Religious unity does not come so easily. It is not a piece of pie, which you can buy in the shop. It takes sincere efforts from every single human being on this planet.

It is better to be accepted by the bright few than by the dull masses.

If you are too good to look after God__ trash, you are not good enough to look after God__ treasure.

A small boat that sails the river is better than a large ship that sinks in the sea.

If you want to know how good a tree is, examine how many birds flock to feed off of its fruit.

Flowers are prettiest where they are watered the most.

A tree does not despair when its fruit falls to the ground, because it knows in due time, its seeds will rise.

If you don't take inventory of your blessings, ingratitude will try to steal them from you.

It is the ant, not the lion, which the elephant fears.

It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.

A wise person strives to reach self-transcendence by engaging in delicate contemplation, while avoiding the snare of self-denigration__ negative invocation. An overshadowing sense of a caustic self can be destructive, whereas an encircling sense of a kindhearted self allows a person to express the profundity and elation of a feral creature curiously exploring nature__ glorious playground.

Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop.

Intelligence is the icing, but wisdom is the cake.

Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.

It is the roof that fights the rain, but the builder who gets all the glory.

If the sun needed friends to shine, it would not rule the sky alone.