Quotes About Wisdom

I have never seen the truth," said Damien, "without crossing my eyes. Life is crazy.

When we're young, we think we are the only species worth knowing. But the more I come to know people, the better I like ravens. (Revival Road

Sure, it's not good for you, but Asema says it's grandma food, 'bad for the arteries but good for the heart.

because it costs a lot to not be aware.

The strong old woman was walking away, and in her step there was the sadness of parting with an old but dangerously foolish friend.

He gives very questioning sermons, Bazil. Sometimes I wonder if he's entirely stable, or then again, if he might be simply...intelligent.

Out of a whole lifetime, by God, sometimes the only thing that saves a person is error, and I know that we shall not be saved so long as our error is not precious to us.

The more I come to know people, the better I like ravens.

She told the holy stories and the funny stories, the aadizookaanag that explained how the world came into being, how it continued to be made.

In circumstances of real tragedy you see things straight away...past, present, and future together.

Well, you know... experience is a muffled lantern that throws light only on the bearer...it's incommunicable...

L'amour c'est comme l'alcool, plus on est impuissant et saoul et plus on se croit fort et malin, et sûr de ses droits.

Whether you're making love to the ladies or postulating the infinite, you'll still get all flabby one day!

Ce qui guide encore le mieux, c'est l'odeur de la merde.

Telling it all after the fact...easier said than done!...much easier!

Never be picky and choosy about means of escaping disembowelment, or waste your time trying to find reasons for the persecution you're a victim of. Escape is good enough for the wise.

He had the same trouble as all intellectuals—he was ineffectual. He knew too many things, and they confused him.

Ce qu'est beau dans le monde animal c'est qu'ils savent sans se dire, tout et tout !... et de très loin ! à vitesse-lumière !... nous avec la tête pleine de mots, effrayant le mal qu'on se donne pour s'emberlifiquer en pire ! plus rien savoir !... tout barafouiller, rien saisir !... si on se l'agite! la grosse nénette !... pas un mili d'onde !... tout nous frise !... file !...

if you've lived this long, it's because you've squashed any poetry you had in you.

Il n'y a pas de vanité intelligente.

La plupart des gens ne meurent qu'au dernier moment ; d'autres commencent et s'y prennent vingt ans d'avance et parfois davantage.

A wise man looks the other way.

Toute possibilité de lâcheté devient une magnifique espérance à qui s'y connaît. C'est mon avis. Il ne faut jamais se montrer difficile sur le moyen de se sauver de l'étripade, ni perdre son temps non plus à rechercher les raisons d'une persécution dont on est l'objet. Y échapper suffit au sage

You need a heart and a certain amount of knowledge to go further than other people.