Quotes About Wisdom

Mucho más potente que el oro es, en opinión mía, la inteligencia.

Onca kulak var, ama beyin çok az.

Qué era lo que yo quería aprender? ¿Qué quería hacer? No lo sabía. Ni programas ni guías: ninguna idea concreta. De acá o de allá, este u oeste, en profundidad o en altura. Solamente saber, saber todo. —He aquí la palabra de mi desastre: ¡todo!

Unui om nu-i ajunge un singur suflet: îi lipsesc întotdeauna unele înclinaÅ£ii, unele experienÅ£e, unele forme de pricepere. Cu dou? suflete vei putea dep??i pe ceilalÅ£i ÅŸi pe tine însuÅ£i.

When I was young I read almost always to learn; Today, sometimes, I read to forget.

DeÈ™tept?ciunea nu este altceva decît gradul cel mai înalt al mediocrit??ii. DeÈ™tept?ciunea e acea form? superioar? de inteligen?? pe care o pot înÈ›elege, aprecia È™i iubi toÈ›i.

God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom.

But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel.

Magia est pars practica scientiae naturalis (Magic is the practical part of natural science)

The teacher is like the candle which lights others in consuming itself.

ché i giovani hanno la memoria corta, e hanno gli occhi per guardare soltanto a levante; e a ponente non ci guardano altro che i vecchi, quelli che hanno visto tramontare il sole tante volte.

These days if you want to know a man's true nature you need more than a pinch of salt; you'd need seven sack-loads of the stuff.

Why is the sea sometimes green and sometimes turquoise, sometimes white and sometimes as black as lava? Why is it never just the colour of water?' Alessi asked. ?'It's God's will,' his grandfather said. 'That way the sailor knows when he can go out to sea and when it's best to stay on shore.

When God gives you an inch, don't take a mile.

Alle volte, la cultura è più un male che un bene

Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven.

No, young man, I don't envy you or your youth. All that you have to face and suffer is still ahead of you.

The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.

If, as my mother used to say, a secret is a shame or a treasure, these were treasures.

True knowledge, which is the ultimate wisdom, comes from within the heart. What emerges is a resonance--a knowing--which is beyond all words and which is the ultimate expression of our spirit within.

All of my life experiences are a blessing. They have taken me through the school called Life.

Intelligence, of course, is not necessarily equated to morality; indeed can become perilous if applied to nefarious purposes.

Os homens daquela geração faziam questão em transmitir o que haviam compreendido da vida, sentiam que isso era importante. Creio que foram os últimos a pensar assim. A partir da geração do meu pai, mais ninguém achou que pudesse valer a pena transmitir algum ensinamento que fosse. Tornámo-nos todos demasiado cool, demasiado modernos. E além disso vivemos no terror do ridículo. Ninguém quer fazer de velho parvo.

I libri non sono la riserva dei nostalgici che hanno tempo da perdere. Sono il segreto di chi di tempo ne ha così poco che è costretto a inventarlo.