Quotes About Wisdom

He's old enough to know what's right, but young enough not to choose it. He's wise enough to win the world, but fool enough to lose it.

How can people be so stupid? I marvel at that. See, I think you have to work as being ignorant - and if you're gonna work at being ignorant, why not work at being informed?

Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom.

One sure way to lose the world and everything in it, is to try grasping it.

I think I have learnt something of the value of stillness. I don't fret so much; I laugh at myself more often; I don't laugh at others. I live life at my own pace. Like a banyan tree. Is this wisdom, or is it just old age?

Those who do not read are the unfortunate ones. There's nothing wrong with them, but they are missing out on one of life's compensations and rewards.

A good monk would know that contentment is easier to attain than happiness, and that it is enough.

Little one, don't be afraid of this big river. Be safe in these warm arms for ever. Grow tall, my child, be wise and strong. But do not take from any man his song. Little one, don't be afraid of this dark night. Walk boldly as you see the truth and light. Love well, my child, laugh all day long, But do not take from any man his song. 16

Trees make you feel younger. And the older the tree, the younger you feel. Whenever

Live long, my friend, be wise and strong, But do not take from any man his song.

When God, the great mathematician, discovered that in making man he had overdone things a bit, he created the bedbug to even things out. Soon

In the West they say, 'Never talk to strangers.' In the East they say, 'Always talk to strangers.

Grandmother had wanted the peepul tree cut down, but Grandfather had said, 'Let it be. We can always build another outhouse.

Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure. Those who do not read are the unfortunate ones. There's nothing wrong with them, but they are missing out on one of life's compensations and rewards. A great book is a friend that never lets you down. You can return to it again and again, and the joy first derived from it will still be there.

It is better to be a human without any gifts than a Jinn or a genius with one too many.

There is skill in all things, even in making porridge. Dry bread at home is better than curried prawns abroad. Eating and drinking should not keep men from thinking. Better a small fish than an empty dish. Let not your tongue cut your throat. I

Five hours sleepeth a traveller, seven a scholar, eight a merchant, and eleven every knave.' So

Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.

On books and friends I spend my money; For stones and bricks I haven't any.

Lessons learned are not lessons learned unless you learn them.

Life seemed to be an educator's practical joke in which you spent the first half learning and the second half learning that everything you learned in the first half was wrong.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

I live a real life, man. It's complex. Some days are absolute diamonds and some days are dog shit, same as everybody else. Unfortunately, some days that are diamonds I've taken them and turned them into doing shit. But you live and you learn. I'm 42. I'll get wiser.

If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and the world has wasted a great deal of time.