Quotes About Wisdom

Knowledge exists in two forms - lifeless, stored in books, and alive, in the consciousness of men. The second form of existence is after all the essential one; the first, indispensable as it may be, occupies only an inferior position.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

once you stop learning you start dying

Children don't heed the life experiences of their parents, and nations ignore history. Bad lessons always have to be learned anew.

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.

No one does anything right in life, until they realize that they are making a mistake

Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Deux choses sont infinies : l'Univers et la bêtise humaine. Mais, en ce qui concerne l'Univers, je n'en ai pas encore acquis la certitude absolue.

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.

Genius is not that you are smarter than everyone else. It is that you are ready to receive the inspiration.

There are two important things for full success in life: 1. Don´t tell everything you know.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shpwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

artificial intellegance is no match for natural stupidity

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else- unless it is an enemy

Todos somos muy ignorantes. Lo que ocurre es que no todos ignoramos las mismas cosas.

Oh juventud nunca dejes de pensar...

Light travels faster than sound, thats why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

If the answer is simple, God is speaking.

Nonsense, seems to sum up everything.

The most amazing thing about the world is that we understand it.