Quotes About Wisdom

Life is a series of lessons that have to be understood.

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset.

As a father of seven kids, and been a kid myself at one point, I realize you don't always make the best decisions every time out. And life is a learning experience.

There is no area of life that does not have a biblical worldview attached to it.

Every place you land in life has a reason and a lesson.

We've learned how to lengthen life, but we don't know how to deepen it.

The true college will ever have but one goal - not to earn meat, but to know the end and aim of that life which meat nourishes.

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.

For the complete life, the perfect pattern includes old age as well as youth and maturity.

Life begins at age forty.

Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty.

All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part.

Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing.

Do not live in the shadow of the masters for ever. Learn to live in the light of your soul. Life deserves full expression.

Just 'cause there's snow on the roof doesn't mean there's not a fire inside.

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.

Life's true face is the skull.

Life can only be enjoyed as one acquires a true perspective of life and death and of the real purpose of life.

Inside I knew he was meant to be the guy that taught me about life. Even if he broke my heart eventually.

There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time.

Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.

Be wise in the use of time. The question in life is not "how much time do we have?" The question is "what shall we do with it?"

And one perfect day can give clues for a more perfect life.

Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.