Quotes About Wisdom

He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect.

Learning never exhaust the mind

Oricine îÅŸi susÈ›ine un argument prin apelarea la o autoritate nu îÅŸi foloseÅŸte inteligenÈ›a; el îÅŸi utilizeaz? doar memoria.

The greatest deception men [and women] suffer is from their own OPINION.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

Anyone who in discussion quotes authority uses his memory rather than his intellect.

L'esperienza è il solo insegnante in cui possiamo confidare.

Though I may not, like them, be able to quote other authors, I shall rely on that which is much greater and more worthy – on experience, the mistress of their Masters.

Practice must always be founded on sound theory.

Las ostras se abren por completo cuando hay Luna llena; y cuando los cangrejos ven una ostra abierta, tiran dentro de ella una piedrita o un trozo de alga, a fin de que la ostra no pueda volver a cerrarse y el cangrejo pueda devorarla. Este es también el destino de quien abre demasiado la boca, con lo cual se pone a merced del que lo escucha.

You say, "How can I increase my faith?" Know more about God. The secret of having more faith is to know more about God. Faith has a direct relationship with our knowledge of God.

My best years aren't behind me; they're within me.

Learn to say I don't know when you really DON'T know.

Oh sure, I have regrets, but that's the nice thing about age. Regrets fade. And eventually, you die.

If you read one book a week, starting at the age of 5, and live to be 80, you will have read a grand total of 3,900 books, a little over one-tenth of 1 percent of the books currently in print.

Books were in the world; the world was in books.

No Ghost of any common sense begins a conversation

I could tell you my adventures – but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

Tut, tut, child! said the Duchess. Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

Cat: Where are you going? Alice: Which way should I go? Cat: That depends on where you are going. Alice: I don't know. Cat: Then it doesn't matter which way you go.

I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.

Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, "What road do I take?" The cat asked, "Where do you want to go?" "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it really doesn't matter, does it?

No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise.

If you set to work to believe everything, you will tire out the believing-muscles of your mind, and then you'll be so weak you won't be able to believe the simplest true things.