Quotes About Wisdom

And he thought: Growing older is to grow more wicked.

The eye that looks ahead to the safe course is closed forever

My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. "Something cannot emerge from nothing," he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable "the truth" can be. —FROM "CONVERSATIONS WITH MUAD'DIB" BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

Así habló Santa Alia del Cuchillo: «La Reverenda Madre debe combinar las artes de seducción de una cortesana con la intocable majestad de una diosa virgen, manteniendo estos atributos en tensión tanto tiempo como subsistan los poderes de su juventud. Pues una vez se hayan ido belleza y juventud, descubrirá que el lugar intermedio ocupado antes por la tensión se ha convertido en una fuente de astucia y de recursos infinitos.» De «Muad'Dib

the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience

I'm getting old, he thought. I've felt the cold hand of my mortality. And in what? An old woman's greed.

O conhecimento é uma aventura interminável na borda da incerteza.

Não há mistério na vida humana. Não é um problema a ser resolvido, mas uma realidade a ser experimentada.

Thou shalt not disfigure the soul.

Forgive us, Lord," Nunepi whispered. "Forgive you?" Leto's voice was full of sweet reason. "Of course I forgive you. That is your God's function. Your crime is forgiven. However, your stupidity requires a response.

that it is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.

As with all things sacred, it gives with one hand and takes with the other.

trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.

polish comes from the cities, wisdom from the desert.

So you're not a child," Jessica said. "I'm millions of years old. That requires adjustments which humans have never before been called upon to make.

Hayat?n s?rr?n?n çözülecek bir problem deÄŸil, tecrübe edilecek bir gerçeklik olduÄŸunu söyledi. Ben de Mentatl???n Ä°lk Yasas?'n? söyledim: 'Bir süreç onu durdurarak anla??lamaz. Ä°drak sürecin ak???yla birlikte gerçekleÅŸmeli, ona kat?lmal? ve onunla birlikte akmal?d?r.

Knowledge of mistakes taught him long-term corrections. He had to be constantly aware of consequences. If consequences were lost or concealed, lessons were lost.

Thinking you knew something was a sure way to blind yourself. It was not growing up that slowly applied brakes to learning (Mentats were taught) but an accumulation of "things I know.

Arrakis enseña la actitud del cuchillo... cortar lo que es incompleto y decir: Ahora ya está completo porque acaba aquí» De Frases escogidas de Muad'Dib, por la Princesa Irulan.

Moneo has discovered it is pointless to live in the past, impossible to live in the future, and difficult to live in the present.

The arifa knew the ways to slay ademon and was always chosen 'because he has the wisdom to be ruthless without being cruel', to know when kindness is in fact the way to greater cruelty.

You will negotiate for me, Mother, with Chani by your side. She has wisdom and sharp eyes. And it is wisely said that no one bargains tougher than a Fremen. She will be looking through the eyes of her love for me and with the thought of her sons to be, what they will need. Listen to her.

For the others, we can say that Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn.

GeçmiÅŸi hat?rlayamayanlar onu tekrarlamaya makûmdur.