William Wordsworth Quotes

He who knows himself is enlightened.

The more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much.

My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.

Since we are already Buddhas, happy and suffering Buddhas, wise and confused Buddhas, we are already Buddha.

Through practice comes Yoga, through Yoga comes knowledge, through knowledge love, and through love bliss.

Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.

If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.

The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

Many in the world are searching, often intensely, for a source of refreshment that will quench their yearning for meaning and direction in their lives. They crave a cool, satisfying drink of insight and knowledge that will soothe their parched souls.

He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.

The great quest of life has always been to discover truth.

Wisdom happens through meditation, and bliss also happens through meditation. Both the flowers bloom on the same branch.

My whole teaching consists of two words, meditation and love.

True greatness depends on total wisdom. The real lesson is to learn to love.

To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, This is a noble insight. To regard our ignorance as knowledge, This is mental sickness. Only when we are sick of the sickness Shall we cease to be sick. The Sage is not sick, being sick of sickness; This is the secret of health.

I once read that people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened.