Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

Topics: Wisdom Quotes, Wise Quotes

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of...

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of...

Love... It surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.

Love... It surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.

The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but...

The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but...

Love is blind deaf dumb and stupid. If I ever find that little turd I'm...

Love is blind deaf dumb and stupid. If I ever find that little turd I'm...

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the...

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the...

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.

The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him,...

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him,...

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. It is the...

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. It is the...

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by...

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by...

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you...

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you...

Laughter relaxes. And relaxation is spiritual.

Laughter relaxes. And relaxation is spiritual.

Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh. It is there in the...

Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh. It is there in the...