Quotes About Wisdom

The soul sees what the eye cannot

Woman has relied heretofore too entirely for her support on the needle - that one-eyed demon of destruction that slays thousands annually; that evil genius of our sex, which, in spite of all our devotion, will never make us healthy, wealthy, or wise.

The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty.

The women were active, the men passive, and that made Richenza smile as she absorbed wisdom in that moment. Her grandmother had often been told she did not know her place, but truly she did.

You are wise, Mama." "The price of experience," she said. "I wish I had been wiser when I was younger.

And what is truth, since it changes according to each individual's perception?

Just remember when temptation comes your way that a boy will drink beyond his means and a man will know when he's had enough." "Yes

Chretien speaking to Dominic: 'Magda is no ordinary young woman. There is a blood price on her head way beyond that upon any Cathar, indeed way beyond mine. I advise you most strongly to think with your head, not your loins.' 'I am thinking,' Dominic said softly, 'with my heart.

That you should choose your battles wisely. You cannot fight everything and win. Sometimes the price of losing is beyond what you can afford to pay, but that applies to winning as well.

That springtime does not last forever and that the fine seasons should have their harvest gathered and stored against harsher times. That you should choose your battles wisely. You cannot fight everything and win. Sometimes the price of losing is beyond what you can afford to pay, but that applies to winning as well." She narrowed her focus on the girls. "Be very careful and think before you act. Make friends with those who you know will stay true to you and reward them fittingly.

Words are precious things meant to create, to imagine, to dream with.

As Tristan left the darkroom he heard Lacey's soap opera voice. "And so our two heroes part," she said, "blinded by love, neither of them listening to the wise and beautiful Lacey"—she hummed a little—"who, by the way, is getting a broken heart of her own. But who cares about Lacey?" she asked sadly. "Who cares about Lacey?

The Dhammapada, a collection of sayings of the Buddha, tells us: "What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday…. If a man speaks or acts with an impure mind, suffering follows him as the wheel of the cart follows the beast that draws the cart…. If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind, joy follows him as his own shadow.

Lo que somos hoy es consecuencia de nuestros pensamientos de ayer», enseñaba el Buda Gautama.

The older I grow, the less important the comma becomes. Let the reader catch his own breath.

How things appear is only the thin, papery outer skin of the onion. Of course, when you cut open the onion, your eyes will sting and water, and then you can't see at all. You're lucky if you don't slice your finger.

these mothers at their midnight council were more like one great mind probing itself, divided at times as great minds may be, but one entity

I hope I have important things to say.

A good hunter did not rush into a den of lions unprepared, and Dante was a very good hunter.

Already he knew that to overdo a thing is to destroy it.

Choose wisely when your time comes. Live-or-die- without regret.

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!