Quotes About Wisdom

A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and laughs and then he sees and knows.

Tende por certo: amar se aprende amando.

Passe bem, ignaro, ou melhor, passe mal!

Tarde a vida me ensina esta lição discreta: a ode cristalina é a que se faz sem poeta.

Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.

lema epicúreo: láthe biósas, «oculta tu vivir» o «vive sin ser notado».

If you find things complicated, it means you haven't understood them. Simplicity is the basis of everything.

It was a question of distinguishing between the possible and the impossible, of knowing how far to go without going too far.

Membangun perpustakaan adalah mencipta kehidupan.

To build up a library is to create a life. It's never just a random collection of books.

People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.

People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.

If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.

You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.

Then your mother and I did our jobs. Whatever we instilled in you back then, what you rejected because you didn't understand, you now accept. With age comes wisdom. Only by living life can you figure out what's truly important.

Perfect ignorance is quiet, perfect knowledge is quiet; not so the transition from the former to the latter.

It bothers me to hear people talk about things they know nothing about.

La verdad es que eran como pájaros envejecidos y oscuros, con las pechugas palpitantes de haber volado mucho en un trozo de cielo muy pequeño.

Algunas cosas pueden parecer nada y lo son todo. Hay que saber ver, aprender a apreciar lo menudo y a despreciar lo que sólo hace bulto. Nada que parece grande ni que reluce en exceso tiene gran validez.. Lo bueno es aquello que sin grandes destellos lo llena todo

There is nothing new except what is forgotten. —Rose Bertin

Cuando te explicas las cosas a psoteriori, exprimes toda clase de razones, pero luego sólo te bebes el zumo de las que te parecen menos amargas.

El secreto de la felicidad está en no insistir (Gregorio Martínez Sierra).

A Benet) No te goces en desconcertar.