Quotes About Wisdom

the very fact that the mind can be deceived implies that it can be not deceived, that it can know things rightly—deep things—beauty, truth—just as they are.

Now, to me, this was a very interesting story. It was a reminder that you should never let yourself get swept away by the crowd. Sometimes everyone you know can be saying something or believing something and it can just be dead wrong. All around you there might be people getting all excited or panicked and yelling for you to do the

Knowledge can be acquired systematically, wisdom cannot.

Why should I laugh?' asked the old man. 'Madness in youth is true wisdom. Go, young man, follow your dream, and if you do not find the happiness that you seek, at any rate you will have had the happiness of seeking it.

One gift the fairies gave me ... the love of books, the magic key that opens the enchanted door.

Here stand my books, line upon line They reach the roof, and row by row, They speak of faded tastes of mine, And things I did, but do not, know.

Look with your heart and not with your eyes. The heart understands. The heart never lies. Believe what it feels, and trust what it shows. Look with your heart; the heart always knows. Love is not always beautiful, not at the start. But open your arms, and close your eyes tight. Look with your heart and when it finds love, your heart will be right.

We humans have been brilliantly clever... almost as clever as we think we are, though not, perhaps, as wise.

So much one man can do,That does both act and know.

Like the vain curlings of the watery maze, Which in smooth streams a sinking weight does raise, So Man, declining always, disappears In the weak circles of increasing years; And his short tumults of themselves compose, While flowing Time above his head does close.

There are two parts to the equation: feel good + take action. The ancient Sufi proverb says; "Trust in Allah, but first tie your camel to a post.

The measure of our wisdom is much more about whether we embrace changing circumstances and accept people who are different from ourselves.

one of the gifts of science: when you discover a new truth, you also gain a new way of looking at things that can change your perspective.

brilliance is a kind of binary thing. You either got it or you don't. If you do, a 130 IQ and a 170 aren't that different, so long as you know how to apply what you got.

My gut says to like him. The rational part of my brain tells me to pay attention to the obvious.

The only thing intelligent people hate almost as much as making mistakes is being wrong.

What are you going to use?" "Common sense?

asked us to imagine a toolbox and inside it pairs of glasses that affect what you see and what you think. With each one comes a certain knowledge set.

because it's the questions you don't know to ask

it's the questions you don't know to ask that will make all the difference.

We quote from books. Movies are made from books. Musicals are made from books. Much of our religion and spiritual belief comes from books. Books can help us understand who we are and why we do what we do and think what we think. Books teach us about life and humanity. Sometimes books can remind us we can overcome all that life throws at us. Books entertain us, and I cannot imagine a life without books.

Only the most foolish of mice would hide in a cat's ear, but only the wisest of cats would think to look there.

Humility is simply the disposition which prepares the soul for living on trust.

A faithful servant may be wiser than the master, and yet retain the true spirit and posture of the servant. The humble man looks upon every, the feeblest and unworthiest, child of God, and honors him and prefers him in honor as the son of a King.