Quotes About Wisdom

Men should have squint lines from looking at the horizon," the old librarian had said, "not just from reading in dim light.

A man should have squint lines from looking at the horizon, not just from reading in dim light.

Sen aptal de?ilsin Madrigal," demi?ti Brimstone. "?stedi?in ?eyin pe?ine dü?. Umut güçtür. Umudunu aptalca ?eylere harcama.

Existe el pasado y existe el futuro», les había dicho a sus hermanos y hermanas no hacía tanto. «El presente no es más que el breve instante que separa uno de otro.»

The keepers of books had been the keepers of wisdom.

Apenas se cuide. Os livros podem ser imortais, mas nós não somos.

A man once said, 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. He had a fine mustache. Men of wisdom so often do.

A biblioteca tem uma mente própria – o velho Mestre Hyrrokkin disse-lhe, levando-o de volta pelas escadas secretas. – Quando ela rouba um menino, nós permitimos que ela o guarde.

La suerte no tiene nada que ver- respondió- se trata de fuerza e inteligencia

It's all a quilt of fairy tales with a patch here and there of truth.

The library knows its own mind. When it steals a boy, we let it keep it.

Truth has many different drawers and shelves.

My father says that intelligence is the ability to see reality quickly.

Be content with 3-4% interest on your amount deposited in nationalized banks rather than be lured with fabricated success rich making stories widely spread by crook brokerage firms of stock market

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His intellect might be a weapon, his worldliness his shield.

She would stay like that, quiet and smiling, while her husband patiently, bigheartedly, closed the discussion, as men of wisdom often did with their wives.

Being a teacher made life easier for him in so many ways; it gave him respectability and trust. But it also made life difficult because it meant that he had the wisdom of many books and was as such permitted no error of judgment.

Reaching too deep into something not meant for you is full of pain. Figure out what you can have and work on that

We all have spiritual DNA; wisdom and truth are part of our genetic structure even if we don't always access it.

According to the Buddhist point of view, there is no human problem that cannot be solved by human beings.

Kadampa Geshe Chengawa mentioned, A disciple who practices correct devotion to the virtuous friend, even if he is as foolish as a dog or a pig, will have no difficulty in becoming like Manjushri.

This means that when the guru appears, he purposely shows us this mistaken, ordinary aspect in order to guide us and all other transmigratory beings to enlightenment. The conclusion is that without the guru guiding us in this ordinary aspect, we would be without a guide, totally lost in samsara. We would be like a baby left out in a hot desert with no food or water, surrounded by dangerous animals.

Experience is the only prophesy of wise men.