Quotes About Wisdom

The snail may leave a trail of slime behind him, but a little slime will do a man no harm, while if you dance with dragons, you must expect to burn.

Why ask for truth when you close your ears to it? - Ser Barristan Selmy to Daenerys

Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as you do that, part of her will always be alive in you.

Wisdom oft comes from the mouth of babes.

Why do you read so much?" "I have a realistic grasp of my own strengths and weaknesses. My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind… and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That's why I read so much, Jon Snow.

A book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right hands, said Haldon.

You'll find truth in your looking glass, not on the tongues of men.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one

He had found over the years that silence sometimes yielded more than questions. And so it was this time.

If I could wish the Kingslayer back in chains I would. You freed him without my knowledge or consent... but what you did, I know you did for love. For Arya and Sansa, and out of grief for Bran and Rickon. Love's not always wise, I've learned. It can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts... wherever they take us. Don't we, Mother?

Why ask for truth," Ser Barristan said softly, "if you close your ears to it?

One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.

Mi mejor arma está en el cerebro. Mi hermano tiene su espada, el rey Robert tiene su maza, y yo tengo mi mente... Pero una mente necesita de los libros igual que una espada de una piedra de amolar, para conservar el filo. Por eso leo tanto, Jon Nieve.

Did you teach him wisdom as well as valor, Ned! She wondered. Did you teach him how to Kneel! The grave yards of the Seven Kinfdoms are full of brave men who had never learned that lesson. Cat.

It is hard to be so old, and harder still to be so blind. I miss the sun. And books. I miss the books most of all.

But the world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill.

There are things to be learned even from the dead.

And the crow once called the raven black.

En las manos adecuadas, un libro puede ser tan peligroso como una espada.

No man can say with certainty what the future may hold. But perhaps, in knowing what has already transpired, we can all do our part to avoid the mistakes of our forebears, to emulate their successes, and to create a world more harmonious for our children and their children, for generations to come.

The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish.

It was never wise for a ruler to eschew the trappings of power, for power itself flows in no small measure from such trappings.

When somebody says 'it's just a book' smile because they just don't understand.

Sometimes there is truth in dreams.