Quotes About Wisdom

few dozen" wise, unselfish sages,

Er is niets tegen geoudehoer, zolang er maar Gods zegen op rust, dat is wat ik altijd zeg.

Neen: je plicht doen, dat was alles wat er overbleef... En die plicht was: proberen het boek te voltooien, tegen beter weten in, want wie werd iets wijzer van wat ik opschreef? Maar áf moest het, vind ik zelf, áf... voordat ik voorgoed in de alkohol kopje onder zoude gaan en eindelijk de enige verlossing zoude vinden die bestond: de Dood...

Dat reizen om ergens een deeltje van toen en toen te ontdekken, dat is toch tijdverspilling? U bent toch schrijver, en geen bibliothecaris? Het gaat in het leven om geheel andere deeltjes.

An intuition is neither caprice nor a sixth sense but a form of unconscious intelligence.

Knowledge is the antidote to fear.

Einstein's rule is a general way to realize that less can be more in an uncertain world.

The quest for certainty is the biggest obstacle to becoming risk savvy. While there are things we can know, we must also be able to recognize when we cannot know something.

The state of admiration is a condition of feeblemindedness. Most people are feebleminded all their lives only because they admire. Only a dimwit admires, the smart one doesn't admire: he respects, observes, understands.

My paintings are wiser than I am.

Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself.

The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much.

It is not just saying prayers that gets results, but it is spending time with the Father, learning His wisdom, drawing on His strength, being filled with His quietness, and basking in His love that bring results to our prayers. Praise the Lord!

To understand everything makes one tolerant.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well.

He who wants to warm himself in old age must build a fireplace in his youth

Let your head be more than a funnel to your stomach

Necessity teaches all things

Old people see best in the distance.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

The old forget, the young don't know.

Buying is cheaper than asking.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs

Silence is a fence around wisdom.