This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and become wise. Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident or temptation is a test of your inner strength. Therefore nil desperandum. March forward hero!

~ Swami Sivananda

He is beginning to master wisdom when he tries to learn how not to try.

~ Paul Brunton

See everything
Overlook a great deal
Improve a little

~ Pope John XXIII

If thou would'st hear the Nameless,
and will dive into the Temple-cave
of thine own self, there brooding by
the central altar, thou may'st happily
learn the Nameless hath a voice,
by which thou wilt abide, if thou be wise.

~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

Logic is immaturity weaving its nets of gossamer
wherewith it aims to catch the behemoth of knowledge.
Logic is a crutch for the cripple,
but a burden for the swift of foot
and a greater burden still for the wise.

~ Mikhail Naimy

The mark of wisdom
is to discern the truth
from whatever source
it is heard.

~ Thiruvallavar

It is not the worship of a person that is
crucial, but the steadiness and depth of
your devotion to the task. Life itself is
the Supreme Guru; be attentive to its
lessons and obedient to its commands.
When you personalize their source, you
have an outer Guru; when you take them
from life directly, the Guru is within.
- Nisargadatta Maharaj

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.
You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."
- Naguib Mahfouz