Quotes About Wisdom

Love is the enemy of sound judgment, and occasionally this is in service of the good.

What happens to you doesn't belong to you, only half concerns you. It's not yours. Not yours only.

time is the quintessential mother.

But who listens to the wisdom of jewelry? Only our bodies know the truth. Bones don't lie.

love is the enemy of sound judgement, and occasionally this is in service of god.

she was like a different person, deeper and broader, like she perceived something about life and death and love that I have the luxury of not knowing yet.

There is nothing like a Puerto Rican grandmother.

Hay muchos que nacen mentalmente analfabetos y tienen un lugar en el mundo. Son como cuervos, cuyas lenguas sólo son capaces de escupir, que aprenden palabras sin saber su significado.

feliz! No es la alegría de la infancia o la juventud, es la alegría de la madurez, la tranquilidad y la aceptación».

Um dia, ele disse ao pequeno Marco que a semente da uva era a profecia da vinha, das próprias uvas, e finalmente do vinho que daria prazer e alívio à alma, inspirando-a com uma sabedoria além da que podería conhecer um homem abstêmio e sóbrio.

Sócrates dijo que para que un hombre sea de valor para el mundo, ha de tener educación.

As Aristotle said, long before Christ, a people who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. It is obvious that we are repeating it today.

He who seeks God will surely find Him—and let him beware when that happens, for it is a gift which can either kill or save or drive mad! Surely it is best only to love Him and let Him reveal Himself gently, as He wills, and not to demand all. For Moses alone saw the Face of God, and of that Vision, it is said, he expired.

Esquilo dice en su Agamenón: «Dios nos conduce por el eterno camino de la sabiduría, y la verdad solo se aprende a costa de sufrirla».

Aristóteles: «El hombre juicioso no da su vida a la ligera, porque hay pocas cosas por las que merezca la pena morir. Sin embargo, en los momentos de grave crisis, al hombre juicioso no le importará perder la vida, porque hay circunstancias en las que no merece la pena vivir».

La sabiduría se basa en el conocimiento, pero el conocimiento no es siempre sabiduría.

Aprender cuesta lágrimas, dolor y sufrimiento. Esto es justo porque el hombre no puede comprender a Dios cuando es joven, feliz e ignorante. Solo puede conocer a Dios por medio del dolor propio y del de los demás.

Más tarde se habría de reír al leer esta ingenua afirmación suya, pues habría de descubrir que un pueblo que sabe leer y escribir constituye todavía mejor clientela para los aventureros y farsantes políticos. La cultura no garantiza el buen juicio, el escepticismo ni la sabiduría.

To the wise, mindlessness and utter obedience are evil. To the stupid, any direction of self is evil, and any exercise of free will is error and obedience is not to be questioned. Are you wise, or are you stupid? That is a question you must answer in your hearts.

Once he wrote to a friend, "There are only two kinds of people in this world: Perpetual children, who are a terrible danger to civilization, and those who were born adult. When the 'children' take over this country and adults are in the minority, then it's the end for this country. I have known adults who were chronologically only ten years old, and children who were seventy-seven. One of these

La superstición nace de la incultura. Sin embargo, muchísimas cosas serán siempre un misterio para el hombre.

intelligent, an attribute Joseph was later

Los hombres no aprenden las lecciones del pasado.

Pero es que los ricos aunque estén muy enamorados, son muy prudentes en lo relativo a sus riquezas.