Quotes About Wisdom

One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'till we come to understand.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.

Don't play everything (or every time); let some things go by... What you don't play can be more important than what you do.

The second best decision in time is infinitely better than the perfect decision too late.

Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child's training wheelsTo be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.

The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time.

Time taught me how to see every second as heaven, even though they're perfectly disguised as hell.

Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.

The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.

If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.

We have two eyes to see two sides of things, but there must be a third eye which will see everything at the same time and yet not see anything. That is to understand Zen.

Just because something is good doesn't mean we should pursue it right now. We have to remember that the right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.

The right thing at the wrong time will lead to failure.

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

Don't waste your time, it is too short, Valuable and irreplaceable.

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.