Quotes About Wisdom

Women saw everything, and they thought about everything. The result was wisdom. For men, this was a frightening state of affairs, which is why they insist on holding on to power.

Then you'll need to teach him again, until he's learned. Just as I've done with you boys. That's what God does with us, after all. Puts us out into the world where the only real boundary is that of His love. His love either compels us, or restrains us. There is nothing stronger, Danny.

It's best for a man to be thought a fool instead of opening his mouth and removing all doubt.

Even if a river flows with milk, a dog can take in only one lick at a time

Don't step in the river without knowing its depth

Even when throwing in the river, measure what you throw

Frog dies because of its making noise

All the things that are white are not milk.

Even elephants do slip.

Fully Filled pot does not spill

Known is a drop, unknown is an Ocean

Even the tiny frog is spoilt by its mouth

What is learnt is a handful of sand, while what is unknown is the size of the world.

Great anger is more destructive than the sword

Always trust your instinct! If you just close your eyes, talk to God and listen you can always hear the truth

You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him." "So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.

Most humans think the appearance of quiet is quiet. They do not see that sometimes the enemy is as quiet as the serpent. Only when it has stolen all of their eggs will they know bad walks in the quiet as well as the noisy.

She informed me, matter-of-factly, that she was old enough to know the difference between intriguing and fucked up. "You should go for younger women," she advised me. "They can't always tell.

Probably he was thinking what a boring bollocks I was. Plenty of people think the same thing- all of them are teenagers, mentally if not physically. Only teenagers think boring is bad. Adults, grown men and women who've been around the block a few times, know that boring is a gift straight from God. Life has more then enough excitement up its sleeve, ready to hit you as soon as you're not looking, without you adding to the drama.

I've always loved strong women, which is lucky for me because once you're over about twenty-five there is no other kind.

Es gibt ein spanisches Sprichwort", sagte er, "das mich immer fasziniert hat. 'Nimm, was du willst, und bezahl dafür, sagt Gott.

Breslin gives me his wise-teacher smile, which is kind and crinkly and would make me feel warm all over if I was dumber than a bag of hair.

He wants to punch something, but he knows that would do nothing but bust his knuckles. Having that much sense makes him feel old.

If you don't know this by now, mate, you'd better write it down and learn it by heart: the right thing is not always the same as what's in your pretty little rule book.