Quotes About Wisdom

La verdad se parece demasiado a esos venenos que en pequeñas dosis resultan terapéuticos, pero, en grandes, matan.

Es la gran ventaja que tiene hacerse viejo, ¿sabe? Uno consigue ver el desenlace de lo que vivió. Sí, esa es la mejor manera de juzgar las cosas, tener un poquito de perspectiva; y eso solo lo da el tiempo.

Don't be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people's thinking," Jobs told the graduates. "Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.

Authentic happiness can only come from the long-term cultivation of wisdom, altruism, and compassion, and from the complete eradication of mental toxins, such as hatred, grasping, and ignorance.

The living walk by the edge of a vast lake near the wise, drowned silence of the dead.

Humility is a difficult lesson.

I hear how kids wise up to the Santa Claus routine but pretend otherwise because the goods seem connected to keeping their parents' fantasies flowing. I've seen the parents trying to pretend for the same reason -- not because otherwise the gifts stop, but to maintain the innocence a little longer -- even when both sides know the other side knows.

We don't stop going to school when we graduate.

If you will allow Jesus to fill your mind with His power and presence, you will be a living, breathing demonstration of His knowledge and wisdom while you live on planet earth.

Only some things are worth doing well. Most things that are worth doing are only worth doing sloppily. Many things aren't worth doing at all. Anything not worth doing at all is certainly not worth doing well.

Little Red Riding Hood got what she deserved. You don't go walking in the woods alone if you want to avoid wolves." I was about to say something in response, but Nicky Ballard did it for me. "You could say that about the wolf, too. If you go around attacking defenseless girls, you can expect payback.

We don't get to choose what truths God reveals to us -- but we do get to choose what we do with the truths -- whom we share it with and how.

There is no old age. There is, as there always was, only you.

I consecrate this deck to bring light wherever there is darkness," River said, "and I dedicate this deck for guidance and wisdom for myself and others for the highest good for all concerned.

How about an ostentation of peacocks? A parliament of owls. A knot of frogs or a skulk of foxes?

Indeed, the goal is only to follow the path, for there is no "there" to get to; there is only the path, and the job of treading upon it as well as we can.

The goal is to follow the path with patient, modest acceptance. Indeed, the goal is only to follow the path, for there is no "there" to get to; there is only the path, and the job of treading upon it as well as we can.

I'm old with living. So much older than almost thirteen.

I'm my mother's first child, born when she was almost fourteen years old. "Think of it," I said to Laura when I turned twelve. "I'm almost Mother Sarah's age when she was married." Laura looked at me, her squinty eyes even more narrowed. "You could have your own old man as a husband," she said. "Shut up," I had said. And she had laughed.

People only see as far as they are able and the rest of the truth is lost on them.

Of all those books you've read? There's got to be something, somewhere in them, to help us laugh at a situation like this.

At times there's a razor-thin line between truth and insanity.

No," said Father. "Just do the best you can and don't let it worry you. In that way you'll have a clear conscience and a tranquil heart.

No, that is not what I want for you, my little girl. I want you to be a woman with a wise and understanding heart, healthy in body and honest in mind.