Wisdom Quote by Andre Maurois — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques...”

“When the heart is filled with knowing, the heart becomes the seat of nectar. The nectar flows through your mind, and fills the mind with heart. With nectar in your mind instead of thinking, you have understanding and wisdom. When the nectar moves through your emotions, you experience it washing you. Instead of seeing through what you have learned or experienced in the past, you see as goodness sees. It is like having love eyes in the mind. An eternal goodness is moving through your heart, through your body, through your mind, but the heart isn’t the source. Your being is coming into your life. Your heart isn’t the source of this goodness; it is where you let the goodness flow.”

“The wise person is there not to be walked over but to stand up for the actual truth, to call the other person out when need be, if they are hiding from some hard reality. “Receptivity without confrontation leads to a bland neutrality that serves nobody,” the theologian Henri Nouwen wrote. “Confrontation without receptivity leads to an oppressive aggression which hurts everybody.”

“When the heart bends towards truth, distance shortens. When it hardens, even light cannot reach it.”

“A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn.”

“Wise people help you come up with a different way of looking at yourself, your past, and the world around you. Very often they focus your attention on your relationships, the in-between spaces that are so easy to overlook. How can this friendship or this marriage be nourished and improved? The wise person sees your gifts and potential, even the ones you do not see. Being seen in this way has a tendency to turn down the pressure, offering you some distance from your immediate situation, offering hope.”