Quotes About Wisdom

Ali to je samo velika olovka, usprotivio se Uholaž i u nju kucnuo štapom za šetnju. To je istina, suglasio se Matemagi?ar, ali kad se jednom nau?iš njome služiti, onda nema kraja onom što možeš u?initi.

Bolje upasti u rije? nego u bunar.

You often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.

here is your own magic staff. Use it well and there is nothing it cannot do for you." He placed in Milo's breast pocket a small gleaming pencil which, except for the size, was much like his own. Then, with a last word of encouragement, he and the Dodecahedron (who was simultaneously sobbing, frowning, pining, and sighing from four of his saddest faces) made their farewells and watched as the three tiny figures disappeared into the forbidding Mountains of Ignorance.

And you are almost never right about anything,' he said, pointing at the Humbug. 'and, when you are, it's usually an accident.

I didn't know that I was going to have to eat my own words: - Milo

That was all many years ago," she continued; "but they never appointed a new Which, and that explains why today people use as many words as they can and think themselves very wise for doing so. For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many.

I wouldn't eat too many of those [half-baked ideas] if I were you. They may look good, but you can get terribly sick of them. -Tock

the front seat with his alarm again ringing furiously. "Are you all right?" shouted Milo. "Umphh," grunted Tock. "Sorry to get carried away, but I think you get the point." As they drove along, Tock continued to explain the importance of time, quoting the old philosophers and poets and illustrating each point with gestures that brought him perilously close to tumbling headlong from the speeding automobile.

For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many.

today people use as many words as they can and think themselves very wise for doing so, For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many.

My goodness," thought Milo, "everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.

I)t's not just learning things that's important. It's learning what you do with what you learn and learning why you learn things at all that matters.

I)t's not just learning things that's important. It's learning what you do with what you learn and learning why you learn things at all that matters.... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.

In this box are all the words I know,' he said. 'Most of them you will never need, some you will use constantly, but with them you may ask all the questions which have never been answered and answer all the questions which have never been asked. All the great books of the past and all the ones yet to come are made from these words. With them, there is no obstacle you cannot overcome. All you must learn to do is use them well and in the right places.

Alec drew a fine telescope from his shirt and handed it to Milo. "Carry this with you on your journey," he said softly, "for there is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye. Through it you can see everything from the tender moss in a sidewalk crack to the glow of the farthest star—and, most important of all, you can see things as they really are, not just as they seem to be. It's my gift to you.

You certainly must be very old to have reached the ground already. Oh no, said Milo seriously. In my family we all start on the ground and grow up, and we never know how far until we actually get there. What a silly system. The boy laughed. Then your head keeps changing its height and you always see things in a different way? Why, when you're fifteen things won't look at all the way they did when you were ten, and at twenty everything will change again.

Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof.

It's not just learning things that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things at all that matters.

it's not just learning things that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things at all that matters.

The dumbing down of America is proceeding apace. Juster's allegorical monsters have become all too real. The Demons of Ignorance, the Gross Exaggeration (whose wicked teeth were made "only to mangle the truth"), and the shabby Threadbare Excuse are inside the walls of the Kingdom of Wisdom, while the Gorgons of Hate and Malice, the Overbearing Know-it-all, and most especially the Triple Demons of Compromise are already established in high office all over the world.

Well, almost nothing, or depending on your generosity of spirit, hardly anything, for he could hitch an ox and plough a furrow straight or thatch a roof or hone his scythe until the edge was bright and sharp or tell by a sniff of the breeze what the day would bring or with a glance when a grape was sweet and ready.

Like this cup, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you wisdom unless you first empty your cup?

1. A Cup of Tea Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), recieved a university professor who came to inqure about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he could no longer restrain himself. It is overfull. No more will go in! Like this cup, Nan-in said, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your up?