Quotes About Wisdom

Ihre Sicherheit ist nur durch ihre Dummheit möglich.

Gleichzeitig aber vergaß er nicht, sich zwischendurch daran zu erinnern, daß viel besser als verzweifelte Entschlüsse ruhige und ruhigste Überlegung sei.

There is only one truth, but it is alive and therefore has a vividly changing face.

Aceia care p?streaz? capacitatea de a aduna frumuseÅ£ea nu vor îmb?trâni niciodat?

You don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary.

Pero al mismo tiempo no olvidaba recordar de vez en cuando que reflexionar serena, muy serenamente, es mejor que tomar decisiones desesperadas.

Niet zo haastig,' zei de geestelijke, 'neem niet de mening van een ander over zonder na te denken. Ik heb je het verhaal letterlijk zo verteld als het in de tekst staat. Van misleiden staat daarin niets.

Reflexões frias, mesmo as muito frias, são melhores do que decisões desesperadas.

The road is endless, there are no shortcuts and no detours, and yet everyone brings to it their own childish haste.

God, how much more profitable it would be if the Thinker could learn from the Drunk!

63. Nasza sztuka jest tylko o?lepieniem prawd?. Prawdziwe jest ?wiat?o na cofaj?cej si? g?bie, poza tym nic.

51. Trzeba by?o po?rednictwa w??a; z?o mo?e uwie?? cz?owieka, ale nie mo?e zosta? cz?owiekiem.

Parables really set out to say merely that the incomprehensible is incomprehensible, and we know that already. We lose in parable the moment we pin things down to an accessible meaning.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it

Leave me my books! I have nothing else.

Qué saben los jóvenes? ¡No lo han sufrido! (p. 32)

Knowledge must seep into your blood, into your self, not just into your head, you must live it.

It gets easier as you get older, settling down. That wild streak is gone.

LT was just a wilder person. I don't go that route no more.

School is supposed to civilise us, to tame our wilder instincts and teach us how to be more sensible, more knowledgeable, and cleverer.

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.

He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.

Behind it all is surely an idea so simple, so beautiful, that when we grasp it - in a decade, a century, or a millennium - we will all say to each other, how could it have been otherwise? How could we have been so stupid?