Quotes About Wisdom

Elimina la falsedad, el miedo y la arrogancia que provienen del ego.

Hay personas que aprenden de los errores ajenos. Éstos son los sabios. Otros piensan que las verdaderas enseñanzas vienen de la experiencia personal. Éstos soportan dolor e inquietudes innecesarias durante toda su vida.

In the East they say that luck favors the prepared mind.

Most people can't stand themselves. So, they can never be alone. And silent. They need to constantly be with other people to escape their feelings of self-hatred over all their wasted potential, missing the wonders and wisdom that solitude and quiet bring.

Isaac Asimov escribió: «La educación autodidacta es, creo firmemente, el único tipo de educación que existe».

Do not rush to follow the crowd, it might be a funeral procession

Everyone is different. One of the fundamental principles that Yogi Raman taught me was that truly enlightened people never seek to be like others. Rather, they seek to be superior to their former selves. Don't race against others. Race against yourself," Julian replied.

No tengas el menor reparo en preguntar lo que sea, por más básico que parezca. Las preguntas son el modo más efectivo de suscitar el conocimiento.

What good is making a mistake, if you don't learn from it?

Our indigenous herbalists say to pay attention when plants come to you; they're bringing you something you need to learn.

We Americans are reluctant to learn a foreign language of our own species, let alone another species. But imagine the possibilities. Imagine the access we would have to different perspectives, the things we might see through other eyes, the wisdom that surrounds us. We don't have to figure out everything by ourselves: there are intelligences other than our own, teachers all around us. Imagine how much less lonely the world would be.

Don't go looking in dark places, because dark things live there.

People don't get to our ages without having pasts. I'm more interested in the future.

the collective wisdom of humanity [is] enshrined in its poetry.

The way I figured it, keeping quiet was safe. Words could betray you if you choose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many.

The ancient sages said, 'He who is angry—it is the same as if he worshiped idols.' They also said, 'One who yields to anger—if he is a sage, his wisdom departs from him; if he is a prophet, his prophetic gift departs from him.' Those of an irate disposition—their life is not worth living.

You don't need a time machine if you know how to remember.

So what happens when proovs get old? he asks, as if the subject is close to his heart. They age gracefully, Lanaya says with a smile. That's the best we can do.

Life's a short trip. You'll find out.

Keep in mind that democracy merely gives power to the people; it does not ensure that power will be used wisely or humanely.

does not ensure that power will be used wisely or humanely.

This partly reflects the Balkanization of history – that scholars attend only to their special time and place. But, for the most part, it reflects that far too many scholars rely on the received wisdom, even on matters central to their subject.

A mature wolf can watch and wait for hours, a cub not yet fully a wolf cannot. To him, a pebble is a diamond for a few moments; or a newly found feather becomes the sole thread on which the entire universe is suspended.

By the time you've learned it all, by the time you're really proficient, you're almost too old to go on catching.