wisdom

"When something seems wrong in your life, the only way to have resolution with it is to let it go. Trying to make it right keeps it wrong."

"Before the fruits of prosperity can come, the storms of life need to first bring the required rains of testing, which mixes with the seeds of wisdom to produce a mature harvest."

"A photograph shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy."

"I used to think I knew what was right and what was wrong, and who the good guys are, and who the bad guys are. Then the world got very gray, and I didn't know anything for a long time"

"You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas. Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness."

"Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhumans as moral persons with the fundamental moral right not to be treated as the property or resources of humans."

"Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden."

"There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way."

"God isn't the son of Memory; He's the son of Immediate Experience. You can't worship a spirit in spirit, unless you do it now. Wallowing in the past may be good literature. As wisdom, it's hopeless. Time Regained is Paradise Lost, and Time Lost is Paradise Regained. Let the dead bury their dead. If you want to live at every moment as it presents itself, you've got to die to every other moment."

"This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and become wise. Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident or temptation is a test of your inner strength. Therefore nil desperandum. March forward hero!"

"The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love."

"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err."

"Tennis is the only sport with love in the score, and that makes it the most romantic. I would be a player, but I wisely use the net to go fishing instead."

"To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity."

"Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk."

"Wind is renewable. Turbines are not."

"Cheap booze is a false economy."

"Since living is believing, no one can be completely lacking in faith."

"It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis."

"I am so wise I had my mouth sewn shut."