“Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe to uproot it. It is just so, I think, when we commit a fault, however small, each day, and do not cure ourselves of it.” — St. Teresa of Avila

"If an egg is broken by an outside force, life ends. If broken by an inside force, life begins. Great things always begin from the inside." — Jim Kwik

“Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.” ― Epicurus

“And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and constant and all-absorbing aim, to exceed, if possible, not only us but all your ancestors in virtue.” — Plato

“Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view.” — Charles R. Swindoll

“The purpose of education [in virtue] is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.” — Plato

“The mind is the pilot of the soul.” ― Socrates

“Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself.” — Plato

“You have absolute control over just one thing, your thoughts. This divine gift is the sole means by which you may control your destiny. If you fail to control your mind, you will control nothing else.” — Napoleon Hill

“A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances.” — James Allen

"Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit." — James Allen

“Change your thoughts, and in the twinkling of an eye, all your conditions change. Your world is a world of crystallized ideas, crystallized words. Sooner or later, you reap the fruits of your words and thoughts.” — Florence Scovel Shinn

“There is no counsel like God's counsel. No comfort like His comfort. No wisdom more profound than the wisdom of the Scriptures.” — Charles R. Swindoll

“The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.” — St. Jerome

“The study of truth requires a considerable effort — which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge.” — St. Thomas Aquinas

“We can’t have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterward we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.” — St. Thomas Aquinas

“Let each of us accept the truth of the following statement and try to make it our most fundamental principle: Christ's teaching will never let us down, while worldly wisdom always will. Christ Himself said that this sort of wisdom was like a house with nothing but sand as its foundation, while His own was like a building with solid rock as its foundation.” — St. Vincent de Paul

“Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.” — St. Padre Pio