Quotes About Wisdom

As long as your heart beats, one is never too old.

I think the beautiful thing about the past is that it leads you to the present.

It's a beautiful thing at 60 to know who you are.

I don't eat with beautiful women alone.

Because beauty isn't enough, there must be something more.

Nothing is said that has not been said before.

You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.

The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head.

You can only get a beginner's mind once.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

Libraries are where it all begins.

As I get older I find myself thinking it all begins with Shakespeare.

I believe that life begins at 50.

That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.

There will be no more fighting from me. The only things you will see me doing from here on in is trying to act sensible and behave myself.

When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.

People aren't suckers. Some are, perhaps. But most people inside know when we're being lied to.

Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.

The less you know, the more you believe.

It is important to believe in yourself, but it is important to have sense, too.

He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned.

A school that believes in the power of knowledge and learning will have reading at its core.

Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia.