"wisdom"タグの名言

The devil is a gentleman in disguise, Bessie.

There is impotency being haunted by things we can’t change; being stuck in your own damn mistakes isn’t healthy. But when I think about the things I need to do right now, and possibly won’t, because I’d rather talk myself out of doing something that’s coming from my heart, there’s impotency in that, as well, and it’s the worst kind of indifference, Spider; it’s not doing what your heart is telling you to do. And there you’ll be, old and dying, with regrets deep as the Seneca, and maybe even longer.

Sometimes, when husbands stay out of the way, friendship was easier between women

Sometimes we forget things not because we are scared of the truth but because we are not strong enough to to burden it.

How can you live as long as me and not see the losses and the gains and accept the change as something to be responsible for?

You may often out talk me, but rarely will you outsmart me.

Every choice brings wisdom in its wake. If you got to have the wisdom first, it wouldn't be a choice - just policy. pg. 504

Wisdom or enlightenment is not white, black or brown – it’s not christian, muslim, jew, hindu or atheist – it’s not homosexual or heterosexual – it’s not reductionist, empirical or sentimental – it’s not belief or disbelief. True enlightenment or wisdom or understanding or insight, whatever we call it, is beyond all opposites – it‘s beyond materialism and spiritualism – it’s beyond atheism and theism – it’s beyond all intellectualism and cynicism.

Wisdom is not for knowing but for understanding.

Life must be much more evident when one is always suffering.

There are two types of wisdom, one of the heart and one of the mind. You've always had the first and most important of them, but now you need the second. See your life for the miracle it is.

Walk in wisdom.

Probe, challenge, and grow beyond any belief system that does not acknowledge you as already divine and Grace as already present. Don’t stop until everything you seek is already given.

The truth about lies is that first, it's to fool others and later it's to fool yourself.

It is not a race to closing. This is about looking after the best interests of every touchpoint of a real estate transaction.

Proximity to normalcy is a nice turn of phrase; you ought do a needlepoint, frame it and shove it straight up your ass. Keep it there with the rest of your wisdom.

We all hold beauty within us. If you aren't seeing beauty in someone, look a little deeper

Sometimes when I try to understand a person’s motives I play a little game. I assume the worst. What’s the worst reason they could possibly have for saying what they say and doing what they do?

...fight every battle everywhere, always, in your mind. Everyone is your enemy, everyone is your friend. Every possible series of events is happening all at once. Live that way and nothing will surprise you. Everything that happens will be something that you’ve seen before..

Everyone is a 'spiritual student' doing 'spiritual work' because everyone is here and has to cope, one way or another, with life. The difference is that an aware person learns from their pain and they eventually create a happy life. An unaware person also has pain. However, as they do not know (or do not want to know) how to help themselves, they learn little or nothing from their pain. Thus their journey to happiness is long and indirect.