Quotes About Wisdom

real civilization cannot exist in the absence of a certain play-element, for civilization presupposes limitation and mastery of the self, the ability not to confuse its own tendencies with the ultimate and highest goal, but to understand that it is enclosed within certain bounds freely accepted.

Minden hÅ'stett forrása a háború, a legbalgább dolog a világon.

A bölcsesség úgy áramlik a balgasághoz, mint az ész az érzelmekhez. S a világban sokkal több az érzelem, mint az ész. Ami az életet mozgásban tartja, az élet forrása a balgaság. Mert mi egyéb a szerelem? Miért házasodik az ember, ha nem balgaságból, mely soha nem ismer akadályt? Minden élvezet, minden szórakozás csak a balgaság f?szere.

Aki az élet tragédiáit bölcs belátással akarná végigcsinálni, azonnal megfosztaná magát az élettÅ'l. Csakis a balgaság nyújt vigaszt: eltévelyedni, tévedni, tudatlannak lenni nem más, mint embernek lenni.

A bölcsesség kezdete az önismeret.

A tudat, hogy szavunk az egész világhoz azonnal eljuthat, olyan ösztönzés, mely öntudatlanul is hatással van a megnyilatkozás módjára, s olyan gazdagság is egyben, melyet csak a legnagyobb szellemóriások viselhetnek el büntetlenül.

Ne podetinji ljude starost, ko sto se kaze, no samo jos ko pravu decu zatice nas.

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times, but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, til they take root in our personal experience.

Starost nas ne podetinji; izraz je loš - starost nas zati?e ko pravu decu još.

Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.

The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.

Deep meaning lies often in childish play.

Great souls suffer in silence.

Against stupidity the very godsThemselves contend in vain.

There are three lessons I would write,Three words as with a burning pen,In tracings of eternal lightUpon the hearts of men.

What is the short meaning of the long speech?

All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward.

If sensibility and understanding as the two branches of human knowledge spring from one common root, to what end such a violent, unauthorized and willful separation of that which nature has joined together! Will not both branches wither away and die through a dichotomy and division of their common root?

The curiosity to know things which are too high for us, which are beyond our horizon, which are unfathomable precisely because of the weakness which makes the future so obscure to us, has led men into many such ludicrous methods and errors.

Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth.

Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement.

Open your mouth and purse cautiously; and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.

A vida é a infância da nossa imortalidade

Quem, de três milênios, não é capaz de se dar conta, vive na ignorância, na sombra, à mercê dos dias, do tempo.