Quotes About Wisdom

What we know we do not need; what we need, we know not...

Willst du die Blüte des frühen, die Früchte des späteren Jahres, Willst du, was reizt und entzückt, Willst du, was sättigt und nährt, Willst du den Hummel, die erde mit Einem Namen begreifen, Nenn' ich, Sakuntala, dich, und dann ist alles gesagt.

Aus "Zueignung" Ich kenne dich, ich kenne deine Schwächen, Ich weiß, was Gutes in dir lebt und glimmt! – So sagte sie, ich hör sie ewig sprechen – Empfange hier, was ich dir lang bestimmt; Dem Glücklichen kann es an nichts gebrechen, Der dies Geschenk mit stiller Seele nimmt: Aus Morgenduft gewebt und Sonnenklarheit, Der Dichtung Schleier aus der Hand der Wahrheit.

Faydas?z bir hayat, erken bir ölümdür.

Sorge Kehre nicht in diesem Kreise Neu und immer neu zurück! Laß, o laß mir meine Weise, Gönn o gönne mir mein Glück! Soll ich fliehen? Soll ich's fassen? Nun gezweifelt ist genug. Willst du mich nicht glücklich lassen, Sorge, nun so mach mich klug.

I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before.

Oh happy he who still can hope in our day to breathe the truth while plunged in seas of error! What we don't know is really what we need, and what we know is of no use to us whatever!

Unsere Narrheiten bezahlen wir gar gerne selbst, zu unsern Tugenden sollen andere das Geld hergeben.

Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living.

Tutti i pensieri intelligenti sono già stati pensati, occorre solo tentare di ripensarli.

Kljuc Solomonov uvek pomaze kad polupaklen se izrod pokaze.

A one malobrojne, sto su nesto i saznali, al' nisu znali vesto da skrivaju saznanja ta, no su ih, srca nabujala sva, prostome puku obznanjivali, - njih su, otkad za svet se zna, razapinjali i spaljivali.

A person who does not know the history of the last 3,000 years wanders in the darkness of ignorance, unable to make sense of the reality around him

Tak, od razu ka?dy pomy?li: po co nam w to nos wtyka?? Wszak szyja le?y tu? ko?o nosa.

O verdadeiro analfabetismo é a falta de curiosidade; a curiosidade é a essência da cultura.

Being seventy is not a sin.

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do.

My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you're in it there's nothing you can do. You can't stop a plane, you can't stop a storm, you can't stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.

If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one.

Attempting to direct our children's lives, no matter how good the intention, may prevent them from making mistakes now but also takes away important opportunities for them to learn lessons.

This world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.

Those are nearer to reality who can deal with it light-heartedly, because they know it to be inexhaustible.

I've seen enough now, to know that beautiful things don't always stay that way.

You cannot see everything with your eyes. Sometimes you have to look in here. - Christina