Quotes About Wisdom

you find your genius by looking in the mirror of your life. Your visible image shows your inner truth, so when you're estimating others, what you see is what you get. It therefore becomes critically important to see generously, or you will get only what you see; to see sharply, so that you discern the mix of traits rather than a generalized lump; and to see deeply into dark shadows, or else you will be deceived.

To the question, "Why am I old?" the usual answer is, "Because I am becoming dead." But the facts show that I reveal more character as I age, not more death.

People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.

The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century would normally be shadowed by the still darker cloud of being too old for them; and between those two clouds, what small and narrow sunlight illumines a human lifetime!

Miss Brinklow, however, was not yet to be sidetracked. "What do the lamas do?" she continued. "They devote themselves, madam, to contemplation and to the pursuit of wisdom." "But that isn't doing anything." "Then, madam, they do nothing.

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue Chang - Lost Horizon (1933)

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue...

Learning to live with ambiguity is learning to live with how life really is, full of complexities and strange surprises..:

It has become clear to me, for example, that aging itself does not bring wisdom. It often brings regression to childishness, dependency, and bitterness over lost opportunities. Only those who are still intellectually, emotionally, spiritually growing inherit the richness of aging.)

The "gift" of tragedy is not destruction, but humility

We can learn to use the fire of our minds to good purpose.

The mathematician lives long and lives young; the wings of his soul do not early drop off, nor do its pores become clogged with the earthy particles blown from the dusty highways of vulgar life.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Abide with me, fleshling, and I shall teach you to run with the fluxions.

Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.

Nonsense, my good man! What we lose in vigor, we only gain in wisdom.

if you stay still for long enough, the universe whispers its secrets to you.

Una sociedad se hace grande cuando los hombres viejos plantan árboles cuya sombra nunca verán

From listening comes knowledge; From knowledge comes understanding; From understanding comes wisdom; From wisdom comes well-being.

De ouvir vem o conhecimento; Do conhecimento vem o entendimento; Do entendimento vem a sabedoria; Da sabedoria vem o bem-estar.

Vuestro tiempo es limitado —dijo Steve Jobs en su famoso discurso en Stanford en 2005—, no os quedéis atrapados en el dogma… Y, lo más importante, tened la valentía de seguir vuestro corazón y vuestra intuición. De alguna manera, ellos ya saben en lo que os queréis convertir. Todo lo demás es secundario.»

St Augustine said it best: 'Lay first the foundation of humility . . . The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never see'.

A man should drink in moderation be sensible or silent.                         Hávamál