“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”
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Gautama Buddha 121
philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism -563–-483 BCRelated quotes
Source: Pali Canon, Sutta Pitaka, Khuddaka Nikaya (Minor Collection), Dhammapada, Ch. 20, Verse 282
Source: Culture series, Use of Weapons (1990), Chapter Ten (p. 316).
Supporting Cult Prevention, Assistance, & Recovery http://www.csj.org/aff/aff_contribution, Herbert L. Rosedale, president (deceased), American Family Foundation, 2005 - International Cultic Studies Association.
"The Art of Hoping: A Mother’s Story" http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/langone_michael_arthoping.htm, Cultic Studies Journal, Michael Langone, Ph.D.
“Education with humility leads to wisdom; without humility, it leads to arrogance.”
Bishop Daly: Catholic schools should embrace faith, never compromise https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/46624/bishop-daly-catholic-schools-should-embrace-faith-never-compromise (18 November 2020)
"My Speech to the Graduates"
Side Effects (1980)
Variant: Mankind is facing a crossroad - one road leads to despair and utter hopelessness and the other to total extinction - I sincerely hope you graduates choose the right road
Source: Mere Anarchy
“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”
Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 3
Why I Am An Agnostic (1929)
Source: Why I Am An Agnostic and Other Essays
Variant: We know, and we must never forget, that every path leads somewhere. The path of segregation leads to lynching. The path of anti-Semitism leads to Auschwitz. The path of cults leads to Jonestown. We ignore this fact at our peril. As quoted in "How Many Jonestowns Will It Take?" in The Cult Observer (1992), p. 123
Ref: en.wikiquote.org - Maurice Davis / Quotes / Address on the Cult Phenomenon in the United States (1979)