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