Wisdom

The most important thing is not to think very much about oneself. To investigate candidly the charge; but not fussily, not very anxiously. On no account to retaliate by going to the other extreme -- thinking too much.

Remember seeker, our earthly perceptions of reality are just an illusion.

They are les misérables - the outcasts, the underdogs. And who is to blame? Is it not the most fallen who have most need of charity?

Pursuit Of Knowledge Is An Attempt To Discover Established Principles Of The Kingdom Of God.

(When told that he is a drunk) My dear, you are ugly; but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

They say the eyes are the window to the soul.

I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.

Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest.

I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without even knowing I was learning it. On the farm, you learn early that you reap what you sow.

You have to embrace the idea of imperfection, even in the thing that is most perfect for you.

Waiting was sometimes the most proactive thing a person could do.

Never stop learning, and always be ready to teach yourself things you don’t know. The only things you will remember are things you care about.

In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued.'(From a speech read on video on August 31, 1995 before the NGO Forum on Women, Beijing, China).

Until computers and robots make quantum advances, they basically remain adding machines: capable only of doing things in which all the variables are controlled and predictable.

A metaphor is not an ornament. It is an organ of perception. Through metaphors, we see the world as one thing or another.

When we live in ignorance, we live in darkness and that is where the devil rules.

In this section you will learn how to use the tools the way that I think you will choose to use them by default.

Trust starts with truth and ends with truth.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

Remember, sometimes you have to look beyond the weirdness. It's like the temple in ancient Jerusalem. If you went there, you'd see oxen being slaughtered and all sorts of things. But look beyond the weirdness, to what it means.