Quotes About Wisdom

Sir Isaac Newton said, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Smart guys like Isaac know that there is much to be learned from those who came before us. Be like Isaac.

As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge.

Forgive me…for everything…I have done…A - a wiser father…may have done differently. I am not…wise.

The Talmud says that a person should do two things for himself. One is to acquire a teacher. Do you remember the other?' 'Choose a friend.' I said.

everything has a past. Everything – a person, an object, a word, everything. If you don't know the past, you can't understand the present and plan properly for the future.

As you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them --"ordinary things" is a better expression. That is the way the world is.

Truth has to be given in riddles. People can't take truth if it comes charging at them like a bull. The bull is always killed. You have to give people the truth in a riddle, hide it so they go looking for it and find it piece by piece; that way they learn to live with it.

Rumahku dari unggun-timbun sajak Kaca jernih dari luar segala nampak Kulari dari gedong lebar halaman Aku tersesat tak dapat jalan Kemah kudirikan ketika senjakala Di pagi terbang entah ke mana Rumahku dari unggun-timbun sajak Di sini aku berbini dan beranak Rasanya lama lagi, tapi datangnya datang Aku tidak lagi meraih petang Biar berleleran kata manis madu Jika menagih yang satu.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

Those parents who do not educate their sons are their enemies; for as is a crane among swans, so are ignorant so are ignorant sons in a public assembly.

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

What is the use of having many sons if they cause grief and vexation?

Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.

Never believe the wicked though they are sweet tongued. The honey is only in the tip of their tongue–the heart is full of venom.

The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

The earth is supported by the power of truth it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow indeed all things rest upon truth.

The truth, finally, is who can tell it.

Let the people you love grow in their own ways. If they ask you, yes, offer your wisdom, the benefit of what you've learned during your time on earth. But the best thing we can give them is our love - not our advice, and certainly not our judgement.