Quotes About Wisdom

I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

Maturity is wanting nothing but what we see with the purity of our heart.

After 40, you want to reverse the ageing process. That's complicated for me because I spent so many years wanting to be older.

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

You're younger, you might want to go to clubs and kick it, but as you get older, you start seeing that life has more meaning to it. The people that you love are the people you want to start trusting and start wanting them to trust you and start respecting them.

The conventional wisdom with David Mamet is, you do not change a word. And that agrees with me. If you want to change any of David's words, it's like wanting to change the iambic pentameter in Shakespeare - you should do something else.

There is an army of the informed wanting to be more informed.

Only people who lack wisdom would say that a project should be pursued even if it leads to wanton destruction of forests.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.

But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.

My child, you are going to be a great king; do not imitate me in the taste I have had for building, or in that I have had for war; try, on the contrary, to be at peace with your neighbors.

Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money.

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.

There are five great ages of man - five moments when you need to reevaluate everything, clear out the cupboard and the wardrobe, and most importantly, your head. They are 13, 20, 30, 40 and 60. All men need to know this.

Keep a cool head and a warm heart.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

You don't learn anything from success. You know, it's comfortable, it's nice, it's warm, but success just leaves you kind of feeling a little bloated.

Knowledge in Sanskrit will go a long way in finding solutions to the contemporary problems like global warming, unsustainable consumption, civilisational clash, poverty, terrorism, etc.

I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We've come to believe - from reading a lot of articles and talking to a lot of scientists - that there's another side to be heard.

There's an African proverb that I always quote as I think it's incredible which is, 'if the children are not initiated into the village, then they'll burn it down just to feel its warmth.'

I am ever thankful to my fans for making me who I am today. I feel I have a real commitment to them-the responsibility to make music with soul, warmth and a bit of wisdom.