Quotes About Wisdom

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.

When it comes to relationships, I think I'm pretty experienced - you'd be surprised.

I'm not surprised by hardly anything anymore.

I've been out now for so many years that I am not surprised at what someone may occasionally say. It really doesn't faze me.

In all my childhood, I never heard my grandparents say that anything shocked or surprised them. They knew what their country was capable of.

When you're around for as long as I have, nothing surprises you any more.

Nothing surprises me. One thing I don't ever have in my world is surprise.

Nothing, for the most part, surprises me anymore.

It's most presumptuous to believe we already know all the answers and will never get any more big surprises.

It always surprises me when people say, 'I don't regret one thing about my life. I wouldn't change anything because it's all led me to where I am today.' I would want to change certain things that have caused others pain.

Nothing surprises me, particularly men and their propensity to be fools.

You can learn more about anything, and the truth about almost anything is surprising.

The buffalo is a surprisingly stupid animal.

I might not be very smart, but I surround myself with smart people.

I only surround myself with people who are intellectually stimulating.

I'm kind of fascinated by this idea that we can surround ourselves with information: we can just pile up data after data after data and arm ourselves with facts and yet still not be able to answer the questions that we have.

We have our ways, our plans, our ideas, and God has his. Guess whose plan wins out? Zechariah

If a man can be corrupted by a few books, I doubt if there was anything there to begin with.

In our youth we sow wild oats; in our dotage we reap pills.

Elizabeth is a good model for those of us who have inherited a church that's rich in wisdom but feeling spent. Can we who are older greet emergent experimenters with attentiveness and zeal? This is not a matter of ceding spiritual ground to the young, but of joining our vitality to theirs. Elizabeth was just as pregnant as Mary with something new.

There is no apprenticeship to misfortune. When it strikes us, we still have everything to learn.

I'm always learning something. Learning never ends.

Tuhaf bir ÅŸekilde her ÅŸey olabilecekken, her ÅŸeyin zaten olduÄŸunu fark ettik.