Teacher Wisdom

To be human is about regaining what has been lost in the shuffle when life has been relegated to keeping score and making waves. To be human is about cultivating the good life. To be human is about gardening the soul.
— Terry Hershey in Soul Gardening

Philosophical Wisdom

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.
— Thomas Carlye, British essayist, historian, and philosopher

Literary Wisdom

Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
— Franz Kafka, German novelist

Christian Wisdom

The flower that follows the sun does so even on cloudy days.
— Robert Leighton, Scottish minister

Tibetan Buddhist Wisdom

Peaceful living is about trusting those on whom we depend and caring for those who depend on us.
— His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibetan religious leader

Coaching Wisdom

In its highest form, not judging is the ultimate act of forgiveness.
— John Kuypers, American leadership coach

Jewish Wisdom

There are traditional blessings for acquiring new clothes, seeing a rainbow, witnessing a thunderstorm, eating a new fruit for the first time. . . . Those who live in accordance with Jewish law actually make some one hundred blessings a day.
— Goldie Milgram in Meaning & Mitzvah


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