Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something
Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and foun...
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and p...
Start Where you are, use what you have, do what you can
The 14th Dalai Lama is the current Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are important monks of the Gelug school the newes...
If you claim to have understood a reality, you must only do so after putting that reality into practice in your own life.
Hanbali Sunni Muslim preacher, orator, ascetic, mystic, sayyid, faqih, and theologian who was known for bein...
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment
Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan.
If the eye of the heart is open, in each atom there will be one hundred secrets
Persian poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influenc...
No crime is so great as daring to excel
British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945...
Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
Greek tragedian. He is often described as the father of tragedy. Academics' knowledge of the genre begins wi...
Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply
Cousin and son-in-law of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), the last prophet of Islam. He ruled as the fourth caliph fr...
The greater the reform needed, the greater the personality you need to accomplish it
American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentali...