Quotes About Wisdom

One should read Borges more.

When you know something, you know it, and when you don't, you'd better learn. And in the meantime, you should keep quiet, or at least speak only when what you say will advance the learning process.

That's a pretty story,' said Afanasievna as she let go of Ansky's genitals. 'A pity I'm too old and have seen to much to believe it.' It has nothing to do with belief,' said Ansky, 'it has to do with understanding, and then changing.

Le daría el consejo que nos dábamos los jóvenes infrarrealistas en México. Cuando teníamos 20, 21 años, teníamos un grupo poético, y éramos jóvenes, mal educados y valientes. Nos decíamos: vivir mucho, leer mucho y follar mucho".

Cuando uno sabe, sabe, y cuando no sabe lo mejor es aprender. Y, mientras tanto, no decir nada, a menos que los que uno diga esté encaminado a hacer más claro el aprendizaje. Su vida misma, según explicaba, había sido un aprendizaje constante.

Leer es aprender a morir, pero también es aprender a ser feliz, a ser valiente.

Everything is a burned book, my dear maestro. Music, the tenth dimension, the fourth dimension, cradles, the production of bullets and rifles, Westerns: all burned books.

nunca serás un hombre sabio, vaya, ni siquiera un hombre razonablemente inteligente, pero el amor y tu sangre te hicieron dar un paso, incierto pero necesario, en medio de la noche, y el amor que guió ese paso te salva

How much better off the poor man would be if he devoted himself to reading.

He said that the only decent German philosopher was Lichtenberg, who was less a philosopher than the ultimate jokester and clown.

A metafora az egyik módja, hogy elvesszünk a látszat világában, vagy hogy mozdulatlanul álljunk a látszat tengerében.

Man muss das Leben leben, das ist alles, schlicht und einfach. Ein fetter Saufbruder hat's mir neulich beim Verlassen der Bar zum falschen Weg nachgerufen. Literatur ist nichts wert.

Once I asked him what kind of women he liked. It was a stupid question, asked by an adolescent looking for something to say. But the Grub took it seriously and considered his reply for a long time. Finally he said, Calm women. And then he added, But only the dead are really calm. And after a while, Not even the dead, come to think of it.

and for goodness' sake read widely and deeply…

IWhen you know something, you know it, and when you don't, you'd better learn. And in the meantime, you should keep quiet, or at least speak only when what you say will advance the learning process.

When you know something, you know it, and when you don't, you'd better learn. And in the meantime, you should keep quiet, or at least speak only when what you say will advance the learning process.

Toate cartile din lume asteapta sa fie citite.

Cuando uno lee jamás pierde el tiempo.

Florita Almada had nothing to say. When you know something, you know it, and when you don't, you'd better learn. And in the meantime, you should keep quiet, or at least speak only when what you say will advance the learning process.

Si no tienes nada mejor que hacer y los problemas te están matando, consulta a las putas.

Su voz sonó tranquila, como la de un hombre que sabe que la vida siempre acaba mal y que no vale la pena exaltarse...

Ade accennò un sorriso con le sopracciglia: non abbiamo notizia di un sorriso più misterioso di quello che increspò allora la fronte del signore dei morti. Era il sorriso di colui che sa, e segnala con quel lieve cenno la sua distanza da tutto ciò che avviene.

Where there is no initiation, there is the autodidact. Anyone for whom knowledge is not wisdom transmitted through experience is enrolled in a university that is a correspondence course.

Uno piensa que con el paso de los años se va a volver más sapiente y criterioso, que va a ser como el viejo que le enseñaba a Kung Fu: el sabio. Pero es mentira, con el fútbol estoy cada vez más intolerante y maniático.