Quotes About Wisdom

Late at night I go out and listen to the wind. That's all the wisdom I need. I mean, I love books, but shoot, most of the world's wisdom is not contained in books.

I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great, that could measure up to a great book.

The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know." Wow.

The world even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know.

Mia nonna è stata l'unica a essere sicura al cento per cento che la mia fosse la decisione giusta. Pensa a tutte le persone che conoscerai mi aveva detto. Tutto il senso della vita sta in questo, capito? Conoscere tante persone. Mi piacerebbe poter venire con te.È una cosa così eccitante!

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that the sign of a superior mind 'is the ability to hold two opposing ideas at the same time.' Do you believe this is true? And is it also true that you once said, 'The only time white people tell the truth is when they keep their mouths shut'?

There are things you should learn. Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you, and your future is a skeleton walking one step in front of you. Maybe you don't wear a watch, but your skeletons do, and they always know what time it is.

But whenever I started in on my crazy theories, Norma would put her finger to my lips really gently. Junior, she would say with gentleness and patience. Shut the fuck up. Norma always was a genius with words.

Listen to your hearts, parents! You are the expert when it comes to knowing your child. I love the Scripture that says we are to let the peace of God rule in our hearts...In other words, peace in your heart is to be like an umpire calling the shots. When in doubt--DON'T!

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.

Far be it from me to ever let my common sense get in the way of my stupidity. I say we press on.

You know, it's amazing to me the wounds we carry for eternity. But what has fascinated me most these last few years is how the right person can heal them. I remember a wise man once said to me that everyone deserves to be loved. Even you. (Zarek)

You are incredibly wise. (Kat) Only when it comes to other people. It's easy to see how to fix their lives. It's much harder to see the cracks in your own house. (Acheron)

Don't be cocky, 'Pride cometh before the fall

Only a fool took a remote from a god.

Tell me, is it better to know love and have lost it or to have never known it at all? [Camulus]

I worry about the men of your time, Grace. They all seem to be great fools. (Julian)

I tend to watch silently from the shadows. You learn a lot more that way.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

I'm old enough to make you look like an embryo. [Thorn]

You know, I've walked this earth for over eleven thousand years, my lady. I have seen things in my life that are unimaginable to you, and you ask me if I doubt you? Lady, I doubt the very air you breathe. (Acheron)

The whole point of life is learning to live with the consequences of the bad decision we've made.

Eleven thousand five hundred and fifty-one years old, and yes, I feel every day of it. (Acheron) Wow, I had no idea. Hell, I didn't even know we had people back then. (Nick) Yeah, I was part of the original Bedrock crew who worked in the quarry on the back of dinosaurs and ran with the Flintstones. Barney Rubble was short, but he played a good game of stone-knuckle. (Acheron)

Mistakes don't have to define us. They're how we learn and grow. They show us who and what we don't want to be. It's why they're mistakes.