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

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give...

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give...

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of...

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of...

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns,...

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns,...

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast. It shall not be a...

Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast. It shall not be a...

Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice...

Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice...

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on...

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on...

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a...

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a...

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it...

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it...

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity

Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.

Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure...

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure...

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with...

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with...

When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And...

When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And...