Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.
There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.
Abu Dharr once described the people of the world, says, "They breed what will they ultimately bury, they build what will eventually be destroy, they hold firm to what is emphemeral, and they forsake what is everlasting. Hence, blessed are the two cries people abominate most: Death and poverty.
The aim of all spiritual practice is love.
It is the will of God that we live not only as rational beings, but as "new men" regenerated by the Holy Spirit in Christ. It is His will that we reach out for our inheritance, that we answer His call to be His sons. We are born men without our consent, but the consent to be sons of God has to be elicited by our own free will.
If wit is the most sophisticated form of humor, pranks are the most juvenile.
Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.
Strength, courage & wisdom. . . it's been inside of me all along.
True success does not always come in forms that are visible or measurable.
Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
The wisest among us is a fool in some things.
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly.
Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another.
There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
Don't look for flaws as you go through life and even when you find them it is wise and kind to be somewhat blind, and look for the virtue behind them.
Our gifts to this world, and this realm's gifts to us can come in many ways, often as we least expect them but they come especially when we are open to give, open to receive.
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.