Quotes About Wisdom

Truth I pursued,as Fancy sketch'd the way, And wiser men than I went worse astray.

I know the Bible is inspired because it finds me at greater depths of my being than any other book

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The first man of science was he who looked into a thing, not to learn whether it could furnish him with food, or shelter, or weapons, or tools, or ornaments, or play-withs, but who sought to know it for the gratification of knowing. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

To most men, experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed.

That Nature ne'er deserts the wise and pure; No plot so narrow, be but Nature there, No waste so vacant, but may well employ Each faculty of sense, and keep the heart Awake to Love and Beauty! and sometimes 'Tis well to be bereft of promis'd good, That we may lift the soul, and contemplate With lively joy the joys we cannot share.

Life's truths cannot always be reduced to 12-point Times Roman.

You've had a lousy life up till now, no denying that. But if you let it ruin the rest of your life, who's the fool? Who will you be spiting? You, that's who.

great leader knows the value of holding his own counsel and listening. He doesn't reveal what he's thinking until he knows the minds of those around him. "How so, Dabney?

Proverbs 31:27: "She looketh well to the way of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness.

It does no good to regret the past... yet regret remains just the same.

I read a lot. I read everything. Novels, hundreds of novels. You learn a lot about human nature through literature.

Lord, on this day, please grant us the serenity to accept all that we cannot change, the courage to change the things we need to, and your everlasting wisdom so that we may know the difference.

In the information age, because we all have access to information, everyone considers themselves an expert.

Never be afraid to learn from the ether...That's where knowledge lives before someone hunts it, kills it, and mounts it in a book.

Happiness is the temporary result of denying the knowledge one already has.

Age is terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back

Age is a terrible thief.

Always carry a large flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and further, always carry a small snake.

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Age is a terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back.

Age is a terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back. It makes you ache and muddies your head and silently spreads cancer throughout your spouse

She looks at her watch—a real one, with arms. Those digital ones came and went, thank God. When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn't mean you should?

When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn't mean you should?