Quotes About Wisdom

Pengetahuan Tuhan mewujud dalam pengetahuan manusia

Nav nek?, ko es zin?tu. Ir lietas, ko saj?t sirds...

he would learn—truth is brief (afterward, it is all commentary). So

Chi ride è malvagio solo per chi crede in ciò di cui si ride.

Wer nicht liest, wird mit 70 Jahren nur ein einziges Leben gelebt haben: Sein eigenes. Wer liest, wird 5000 Jahre gelebt haben: Er war dabei, als Kain Abel tötete, als Renzo Lucia heiratete, als Leopardi die Unendlichkeit bewunderte. Denn Lesen ist eine Unsterblichkeit nach hinten." – Der Name der Rose (S. 124 bis 130) von Umberto Eco

And is a library, then, an instrument not for distributing the truth but for delaying its appearance?

The only truths that are useful are instruments to be thrown away.

Omnia mundi creatura quasi liber et pictura nobis est in speculum.

All the world's follies," he replied, "turn up in publishing houses sooner or later. But the world's follies may also contain flashes of the wisdom of the Most High, so the wise man observes folly with humility." Then

Poate c? datoria celui care-i iubeÅŸte pe oameni este s?-i fac? s? râd? de adev?r, s? fac? adev?rul s? râd?, pentru c? singurul adev?r este s? înv???m s? ne eliber?m de pasiunea nes?n?toas? pentru adev?r.

We've been led astray by rationalist thought," Diotallevi said. "I keep telling you.

Vai via ora, mi disse in fretta, ti ho detto quello che volevi sapere. Di qui il coro degli angeli, di là la gola dell'inferno.

En París siempre tienen la respuesta verdadera? —Nunca, pero están muy seguros de sus errores.

At most, recognizing that our history was inspired by many tales we now recognize as false should make us alert, ready to call constantly into question the very tales we believe true, because the criterion of the wisdom of the community is based on constant awareness of the fallibility of our learning.

of knowledge is for monks.

El saber no es como la moneda, que se mantiene físicamente intacta incluso a través de los intercambios más infames; se parece más bien a un traje de gran hermosura, que el uso y la ostentación van desgastando.

Vivimos para los libros. Dulce misión en este mundo dominado por el desorden y la decadencia.

enanos —admitió Guillermo—, pero enanos subidos sobre los hombros de aquellos gigantes y, aunque pequeños, a veces logramos ver más allá de su horizonte.

Se avessi la risposta a tutte le domande, insegnerei Teologia a Parigi.

WILLIAM OF BASKERVILLE: [after finding the secret room of books in the tower] How many more rooms? Ah! How many more books? No one should be forbidden to consult these books freely. ADSO OF MELIC: Perhaps they are thought to be too precious, too fragile. WILLIAM OF BASKERVILLE: No, it's not that, Adso. It's because they often contain a wisdom that is different from ours and ideas that could encourage us to doubt the infallability of the word of God... And doubt, Adso, is the enemy of faith.

É verdade, disse Bêncio, sorrindo pela primeira vez com o rosto quase se iluminando. Nós vivemos para os livros. Doce missão neste mundo dominado pela desordem e pela decadência.

i filosofi sono specializzati nel formulare domande di cui non conoscono le risposte, mentre un pastore d'anime è per definizione colui che ha sempre la risposta giusta. Fortunatamente

Often books speak of books.

Chi legge avrà vissuto 5000 anni. Perché la letteratura è un'immortalità all'indietro