Monthly Archives: November 2011

“Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.”  David Herbert Lawrence

“This very body that we have,  that’s sitting right here right now …  with its aches and its pleasures …  is exactly what we need to be fully human,  fully awake, fully alive.”  Pema Chödrön 

“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”  William James 

“Those who know are wise.  Those who know themselves are enlightened.”  Lao Tzu

“The wisdom of the wise  and the experience of the ages  are perpetuated by quotations.”  Benjamin Disraeli 

“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be “happy.”  I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible,  to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter and to count,  to stand for … Continue reading →

“What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.”  14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) 

“Happiness is when what you think,  what you say,  and what you do are in harmony.”  Mahatma Gandhi

“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”  Immanuel Kant

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”  Alfred Lord Tennyson