Quotes About Wisdom

To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.

Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.

Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.

Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.

The key to a good life: excess in moderation. They'll tell you moderation is the key to life, but that's bullshit.

Once you know your deepest wish you can base your life on intention rather than craving

The secret of a long life is to never trust a doctor.

There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned.

My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road.

And do you know a funny thing? I'm almost fifty years old and I've never understood anything in my whole life.

There is a certain phase in the life of the aged when the warmth of the heart seems to increase in direct proportion with the years.

There are going to be peaks and valleys in everything - in your marriage, in your job, in your life. So just enjoy the peaks and ride out the valleys. Just try not to do anything too rash.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance... has helped to determine your path through life.

Mum always taught us that compassion and kindness were the most important things in life, that it was better to be kind than right.

Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life

O be wise, what can I say more?

If you are poor, live wisely. If you have riches, live wisely. It is not your station in life but your heart that brings blessings.

The journey that I have undertaken, meeting people from all walks of life and learning from them, has been my biggest achievement.

The thing about getting older is that you don't need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain.

Those who are patient in the trivial things in life and control themselves will one day have the same mastery in great and important things.

With years a richer life begins, the spirit mellow: ripe age gives tones to violins, wine, and good fellows.

The first half of life is learning to be an adult-the second half is learning to be a child.

The important thing in life is not to have a good hand but to play it well.