Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you. ' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.
The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses wisdom.
I, the fiery life of divine wisdom, I ignite the beauty of the plains, I sparkle the water, I burn in the sun, and the moon, and the stars.
And for ego, to accept that you have ego is the only way and then it will drop out. If you know there is ego, ego will drop out.
There are always more choices than you think.
Solitude is the audience-chamber of God.
To generalize is to be an idiot.
Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.
It's Australian to do such things because, however uncivilised they may seem, it's human to do them.
Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living.
You can have no wise laws nor free enforcement of wise laws unless there is free expression of the wisdom of the people -- and, alas, their folly with it. But if there is freedom, folly will die of its own poison, and the wisdom will survive.
Kelso's proposals do promise to free us from our morbid dependency on economic health through armament manufacture; they promise a way out of the welfare mess, out of foodstamps and ship subsidies, out of perpetual inflation, and they suggest a means of doing these things without being too disruptive of the wealth of five percent of the population who own the rest of us.
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another, but the public in judging a case like mine should remember that the darkest life may now have a bright side
Seldom, if ever, does wisdom come, shall we punish it if it comes late?
Every life has a destiny. . . the trick is to discover it before then end of your life. Otherwise, you will have too many regrets.
There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge, to a happy life here and now, and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening. And what is that one thing? It is mindfulness centred on the body
The middle path is the way to wisdom