Quotes About Wisdom

Every witticism is an inexact thought; that which is perfectly true is imperfectly witty.

He that reads, be it on yon Kindle or on yon book made from pulp, is he who shall not be called a jackass.

I've known rivers:I've known rivers ancient as the world and olderthan the flow of human blood in human veins.My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

7 x 7 + love = An amount Infinitely above: 7 x 7 - love.

I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.

You see, books had been happening to me.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

As I learn from you, I guess you learn From me --- although You're older --- and white And somewhat more free.

You're seventeen," Magnus said. "You can't have wasted a life you've barely lived.

Not everything that's true needs to be said.

There is truth in stories," said Arthur. "There is truth in one of your paintings, boy or in a sunset or a couplet from Homer. Fiction is truth, even if it is not a fact. If you believe only in facts and forget stories, your brain will live, but your heart will die.

cleverness that comes too late is hardly cleverness at all?

Magnus took a deep breath and spoke gently. "Will. You asked me for my wisdom, as someone who has lived many lifetimes and buried many loves. I can tell you that the end of a life is the sum of the love that was lived in it, that whatever you think you have sworn, being here at the end of Jem's life is not what is important. It was being here for every other moment. Since you met him, you have never left him and never not loved him. That is what matters.

Dear me. Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.

He was Will, in all his perfect imperfection; Will, whose heart was as easy to break as it was carefully guarded; Will, who loved not wisely but entirely and with everything he had.

Gideon touched her cheek, lightly, with the tips of his fingers. "Did you know your name means 'wisdom'? It was very well-given.

Clary grinned. "A picnic? It's a little late for Central Park, don't you think? It's full of-" He waved a hand. "Faeries. I know." "I was going to say muggers," said Clary. "Though I pity the mugger who goes after you." "That is a wise attitude, and I commend you for it," said Jace, looking gratified.

Humans were so stupid. They had something so precious, and they barely safeguarded it at all. They threw away their lives for money, for packets of powder, for a stranger's charming smile.

Life is short, and wisdom long to learn.

I am not a certified idiot—" "Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence," Will muttered.

Books are for reading, not for turning oneself into livestock.

You can't forget the things you did in the past, or you'll never learn from them.

Regret is such a pointless emotion, don't you agree?

To make a true choice, we must have true knowledge.