Sorrow fully accepted brings its own gifts. For there is alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmitted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness. Pearl S. Buck View this quote
Sorrow fully accepted brings its own gifts. For there is alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmitted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness. Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck
Hence a wise general makes a point of foraging on the enemy. One cartload of the enemy’s provisions is equivalent to twenty of one’s own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from one’s own store. Sun Tzu
Sun Tzu
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together. Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. Buddha
Buddha
The hours of folly are measured by the clock but of wisdom, no clock can measure. William Blake
William Blake
Pilgrimage to the place of the wise is to find escape from the flame of separateness. Rumi
Rumi
As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that. Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end. Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Jean de La Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyere
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune, and favor cannot satisfy him. Jean de La Bruyere
