Quotes About Wisdom

To the wise, a prick on the finger avoids a hole in the heart.

Not all tongues that wag cohabit with a brain.

It's a wisdom that comes from seeing how things work. Things you want to happen always take a long time.' She pointed one little finger at the meech dragon and shook it in his face. 'You may read books and know bunches, but I have lived life longer than you.

You, little Dragon Keeper, are important in Wulder's plan. I would give you wisdom if it were like a gem to be plucked from one of my crowns. But I can only whisper caution. I can only say, 'Be still when dark clouds threaten. Listen for the word of Wulder.

you have to come of age when it's your time. If you try to rush it or put it off, it only gets you into trouble.

Wisdom grows along with age. When we are young we feel we can conquer anything. As we age we realize it's a journey, with all its victories and defeats, sorrows and joys, that matter the most.

Ultimately, when you embrace the process of healing despite your Adverse Childhood Experiences, you don't just become who you might have been if you hadn't encountered so much childhood suffering in the first place. You gain something better: the hard-earned gift of life wisdom, which you bring forward into every arena of your life.

Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, one thing only: understanding

She taught us to ask. Never be afeared to look dumb. 'Cause looking dumb don't matter. Being dumb, that matter. So just ask. And if you don't get a straight answer, then go seeking. No matter what it is. Just go seeking.

Are you calling me a dummy?" "Not at all. I'm just saying that maybe some of us caught on a bit faster than others.

It is easier to read about life than to live it, Even so young I knew that. Even so young I needed a rest from the living.

When it comes to age, it's all about the quality of the preservation,

A bitter old person is one of the crowning works of the devil.

You can't bank your experiences for your children.

I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.

It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.

So much of life is made up of questions that we think matter today but are forgotten tomorrow.

Juk niekas negali žinoti, kas dedasi kito žmogaus širdyje? Išmintinga moterišk? moka, kai reikia, patyl?ti.

Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.

Lefty A wise guy's always right even when he's wrong, he's right.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.

We always know more than we think we do. The problem is we don't always know what we know.

If trees could speak they wouldn't

You've traveled this far on the back of every mistake, ridden in dark-eyed and morose but calm as a house after the TV set has been pitched out the upstairs window. (from "Antilamentation")