Quotes About Wisdom

For it is written that 'if the wise man always appears stupid, his failures do not disappoint, and his success gives pleasant surprise.

Change," Joshua said. "A Messiah has to bring change. Change comes through action. Balthasar once said to me, 'There's no such thing as a conservative hero.' He was wise, that old man.

Avoid roasted cabbage, do not eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!

It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.

When you teach them-teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what you know is right.

Only if you are afraid of looking foolish, and I would have looked far more foolish if I persisted with an erroneous belief.' Eragon said. Why, little one, you just said something wise!'Saphira teased.

It is better to be taught to think critically than to be told on what to believe.

It s funny to see a hatchling like you beaten by the old one.

Magic is the art of thinking, not strength or language.

See this pebble? Yes. Take it. Eragon did and stared at the unremarkable lump. It was dull black, smooth, and as large as the end of his thumb. There were countless stones like it on the trail. This is your training. Eragon looked back at him, confused. I don't understand. Of course you don't, said Brom impatiently. That's why I'm teaching you and not the other way around. Now stop talking or we'll never get anywhere.

There is much you can learn from books and scrolls. These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

A hatchling, that is what you are. A hatchling struggling into the world. I may be younger than you in years, but I am ancient in my thoughts. Do not worry about these things. Find peace in where and what you are. People often know what must be done. All you need to do is show them the way — that is wisdom.

Change itself is neither good nor bad, but knowledge is always useful.

Anger has its place, but it will not serve you here, the way of the warrior is the way of knowing. Of that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper.

It's better to be sworn to an honest fool than to a lying scholar

I agree that it's important to be of a virtuous nature, but I would also contend that if you had to choose between giving a man a noble disposition or teaching him to think clearly, you'd do better to teach him to think clearly. Too many problems in this world are caused by men with noble dispositions and clouded minds.

Life is too short to fight every idiot along your way.

Do not feel bad because of it.  It's impossible to go through life unscathed.  Nor should you want to.  By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishment.

best of luck, avoid roasted cabbage, don't eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!

Don't eat earwax avoid roasted cabbage and look on the bright side of life -Angela

A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.

The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough.

Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry

But you did everything you could, and when you could do no more , you made peace with your fate, and you didn't rail needlessly against it. That is wisdom, not weakness.