Quotes About Wisdom

Growing old is a privilege, not a right.

Sometimes bad luck is really dumb actions or inaction. You can make your own luck by making smart decisions.

Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns.

If you can learn the practical

Just stop pursuing the subject we know is going to lead to disaster. Pro 17:14 - The idea is not to sweep the matter under the rug but it gives a little time for the water to recede behind the dam.

I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply.

Wenn das Leben eine Illusion ist, dann bin ich es nicht weniger, und somit ist die Illusion für mich Wirklichkeit.

Crom!" muttered the Cimmerian. "Here is the grandfather of all parrots. He must be a thousand years old! Look at the evil wisdom of his eyes. What mysteries do you guard, Wise Devil?" Abruptly the bird spread its flaming wings and soaring from its perch, cried out harshly: "Yagkoolan yok tha, xuthalla!" and with a wild screech of horribly human laughter, rushed away through the trees to vanish in the opalescent shadows.

Again the governor knelt, for part of his wisdom was the knowledge that a woman in such an emotional tempest is as perilous as a blind cobra to any about her.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

The education of a man ( or woman ) is never completed until he dies.

Where even ravi (the sun) cannot reach, there will go a kavi (poet)." - Vimalananda

It is always better to live with reality, because otherwise, without fail, reality will come to live with you. —The Aghori Vimalananda

The guru is like a gardener, and the disciples like flowers.

The more important value for Jewish success was a high regard for the cultivation of the intellect…

Older women are like aging strudels - the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own.

The reason for not going out and sinning all you like is the same as the reason for not going out and putting your nose in a slicing machine: it's dumb, stupid, and no fun.

The world has taken a five-thousand-year bath in wisdom and is just as grimy as ever.

Women are like cheese strudels. When first baked, they are crisp and fresh on the outside, but the filling is unsettled and indigestible; in age, the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling comes at last into its own.