Who around you do you consider wise?
There had been numerous wise people who have affected my life. As to whether, I am a wise person has to be decided by others and not by me.
There had been numerous wise people who have affected my life. As to whether, I am a wise person has to be decided by others and not by me.
Abiding in the midst of ignorance, but thinking themselves wise and learned, fools aimlessly go hither and thither, like blind led by the blind. - Mundaka Upanishad 1.2.8. upm, 77
Like a deep lake, clear, unruffled, & calm: so the wise become clear, calm, On hearing words of the Dhamma. -Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
The wise and holy visit briefly; they laugh and they cry and move on. Poets record the echo, artists give shape to the shadow. But here is the one knowable truth, the heart of the... More »
The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility. -Swami Rama
Even a wise man acts within the limitations of his own nature...The senses have been conditioned by attraction to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant. Do not be ruled by them; they are obstacles... More »
Lead us to a wide world, O wise one, to heavenly light, fearlessness, and blessing. Strong are your arms, O powerful Lord. We resort to your infinite refuge. Atharva Veda XIX, 15, 4
May the Lord, wise and true offerer, approach, most marvelous in splendor, encircled with his crown of Gods! To you, dispeller of the night, we come with daily prayer offering to you our reverence. Rig... More »
Laugh when troubles come your way. There is nothing better to conquer calamity. A flood of troubles will vanish the moment The mind of a wise man collects itself to face them. -Tirukkural 63: 621-622
After many births the wise seek refuge in me, seeing me everywhere and in everything. Such great souls are very rare. -Bhagavad Gita 7:19