Quotes About Wisdom

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

If you throw stones in mud, it will only spoil your clothes.

People always talk about how time flies; it's become sort of a colloquialism now. You don't really understand it until you reach your late 30s and early 40s - and I'm sure time will move even faster as I get older.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

Some of the best advice I've gotten was from William Hurt and Harry Connick Jr. I've really learned a lot from both of them.

One of the advantages of having gone to Penn State was having had a scholar for a mentor - Philip Young. Also, a professional writer named Philip Klass taught there. He was a science fiction writer whose pseudonym was William Tenn. As a professional writer, he brought wisdom to teaching because he'd done it for a living.

William James was not a prophet. He was a philosopher whose philosophy reflected his profound humanity.

One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.

I've learned more and more on each show that I've done. I've been blessed and I've gotten to work with some very talented actors - James Gandolfini, Treat Williams. I've kind of always asked for advice and tried to take in as much as I could whenever working with them.

You've got to make tough decisions, sometimes unpopular decisions... Whatever it is, if it's the right move at the right time, you've got to be also willing to make mistakes.

The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.

The less one knows, the more he thinks he knows, and the more willing he is to employ any and all measures to enforce his views upon others.

We really teach ourselves. If you want to learn, you will always find someone to learn from, be they dead or alive, great or unknown. You learn from everything you see and hear around you - if you are willing to pay attention.