Wisdom Quote by Soygal Rinpoche — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of”

“There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.”

“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”

“Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.”

“Great achievement requires personal force, determined spirit and self-confidence.”

“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”

“This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent on him; and, after doing so, to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer, and strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgement, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community--the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience, and ability to administer, doing for them better than they would or could do for themselves.”