Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise. – Sara Teasdale
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. – Ansel Adams
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought. – Matsuo Bashō
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame. – Gautama Buddha
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. – Kahil Gibran
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable. – Rabindranath Tagore
The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. – Rabindranath Tagore
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. – Rumi