Quotes About Wisdom

Where only angels tread, he would be a fool to rush in; though perhaps the wise may preserve their dignity if, aware of their presumption, they enter cautiously.

Courage is always the surest wisdom.

Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels that are not walled.

There is a tragedy in unloved years, And in those passionate hours by love deceived, In lips unkissed and hopes too soon bereaved, And youth's high courage which no strength could save, And manhood's web of fate by folly weaved, And grey-haired grief brought down into the grave. Who shall distinguish truly and be wise 'Twixt grief and grief, 'twixt night and night?

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.

Dumme Gedanken hat jeder, aber der Weise verschweigt sie.

To attempt this would be like seeing without eyes or directing the gaze of knowledge behind one's own eye. Modern science can acknowledge no other than this epistemological stand-point.

Ya?amak için ihtiyac?m olan inceli?in biraz?n? sadece melankolimde bulabiliyorum.

Erst durch Lesen lernt man, wie viel man ungelesen lassen kann.

Die Massen in Bewegung zu setzen braucht's nur der Phrase eines Dummkopfs. Wie lange Zeit braucht der kluge Mann, um nur einen einzigen zu seiner Meinung zu bekehren!

You have no sense of your true duty, which is to be a man and preserve humanity. You imitate wise men so badly and bandits so well. Your movies and radio programs are full of murder.

Love, work, and knowledge are the wellsprings of our lives, they should also govern it.

Love, work and knowledge are the wellsprings of our life. They should also govern it. WILHELM REICH

Sen unutursun küçük adam ama büyük adam do?as? gere?i unutmaz. Sanma ki kin besler büyük adam, sanma ki öç al?r, yaln?zca neden böylesine baya?? davran??larda bulundu?unu çal???r.

Hakikati güvenli?e ye? tutan bir ya?am biçimi içinde elde edilen büyük ba?ar? ve bulgunun yazg?s? ?udur: Senin taraf?ndan büyük bir açgözlülükle yalan?p yutulmak ve sonra gene senin taraf?ndan d??k? olarak at?lmak. Büyük hakikati de?il de küçücük yanl??? ya?am?n?n yol göstericisi olarak gördün.

You did not know, Little Man, what a library is for.

Gençler her zaman hakl?d?r, ben eminim bundan, hakl? de?ilseler de haklar? vard?r. ?unu demek istiyorum: Kendi tecrübelerini edinmeye sonuna kadar haklar? vard?r. Kötü tecrübeler olsa bile bunlar, ders ç?kar?rlar.

Bilge insan, o an elinde olanla ya?amay? bilendir. Ters durumlardan da ç?karacak bir ?eyler bulunur: "Bundan da bir ?eyler ö?renebilirim." Ya?am boyu çok ?ey ö?renmi?tir ve çok ?ey biliyordur fakat tüm bilginin göreceli oldu?unu da biliyordur.

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause. The mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that is wants to live humbly for one.

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.

As soon as one stops searching for knowledge, or if one imagines that it need not be creatively sought in the depths of the human spirit but can be assembled extensively by collecting and classifying facts, everything is irrevocably and forever lost.

No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman.

The books—the generous friends who met me without suspicion—the merciful masters who never used me ill! The only years of my life that I can look back on with something like pride... Early and late, through the long winter nights and the quiet summer days, I drank at the fountain of knowledge, and never wearied of the draught.