Quotes About Wisdom

Not forever lasts the spring Nor ever blossom flowers. Not forever reigneth joy, Sets the sun on days of bliss, Friendships not forever last, They know not life, who know not this. 'They know not life, who know not this

Your principle should be to see everything and say nothing. The world changes so rapidly that if you want to get on you cannot afford to align yourself with any person or point of view. Even if you feel strongly about something, learn to keep silent.

Ranjit Singh was extremely angry with the English but he had never let anger be his counseller.

In your hearts His name be graven, Sorrows from your soul erase And make your hearts a joyous haven. The Guru's word has the sage's wisdom, The Guru's word is full of learning, For though it be the Guru's word God Himself speaks therein.

O Sage ! the stomach is the prison house of wind, The sagacious contain it not in captivity, If wind torment thy belly, release it, fart; For the wind in the stomach is like a stone on the heart.

You have seen the world and read many books, but take it from me that a snake can cast its slough but not its poison

Life is still an unfolding,the farther we travel the more truth we can comprehend, and to understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond.

Common sense. Mothers are the last riddle, the worst horror, the only consolation.

Beware of logic.

Pono always say slow-motion vulgar.

True wisdom listens more, talks less, and can get along with all types of people.

There's a confidence that comes from youth and not knowing better. But there comes a point, as an actor, when you do know better, and that is when the fear starts.

we cannot protect people from the lessons we ourselves have learned.

Of course, he had always been wise in the ways of cats, valuing them above entire races, many men, and most women.

Contained in the raven's untold tale was some knowledge, some wisdom the bird had gathered in his flight. Secret even from God. Perhaps the birds were telling it still, and no ears to hear.

God has a sense of humor. Don't believe me? Just look at a zebra and tell me what was going on in His mind that day.

He kept thinking about Uncle Austin, how he taught him to build a fire in the rain, to sharpen a knife, to regard ten cords of wood as money in the bank, to read the wind and tides with intention, to catch a fish, to build a snare, to live off the land and sea and not just survive, but thrive; to know a thousand things with animal senses—to be smart, strong, sensual, alive, more alive than you'll ever be indoors.

Words are powerful instruments. Handle them and your understanding level of new information will grow in a spectacular way.

Only an idiot guesses or reasons or deduces ,' the Professor said, patiently.

I was ever mindful not to allow open-mindedness to become gullibility nor to allow skepticism to become cynicism.

One time, Grandpa had gifts for us. He gave me a hand-polished, dark steel pair of pliers that fit my fist perfectly. For my brother, he had some coins from Canada. Even then, I knew these gifts were wise. I tried to fix things with my hands. For my brother, vocation was more distant: repair of the world.

An excess of reason is itself a form of madness

the God I love and serve hears all prayers. He answers all prayers. Sometimes it is yes. Sometimes it is wait awhile. Sometimes it is no. He knows best.

The problem with our human eyes is that we can only see the right now. But God? He sees around the corner, over the hill, and clean to the horizon. He knows what's comin', an' He knows what we need to be prepared for what's comin'. So sometimes those things we face that we don't understand—the things we think of as bad—are really for our good down the line.