Quotes About Wisdom

I have probably purchased fifty 'hot tips' in my career, maybe even more. When I put them all together, I know I am a net loser.

Of all the offspring of Time, Error is the most ancient, and is so old and familiar an acquaintance, that Truth, when discovered, comes upon most of us like an intruder, and meets the intruder's welcome.

Pain's not bad, it's good. It teaches you things. I understand that.

Thinking is stinking.

Sometimes good judgement comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgement.

Remember, there's an inverse relationship between your head and your heart. If your head swells, your heart shrinks. Tucker

Sometimes good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

Granted, there are a lot of folks whose fires die out, I get that, but I also think there are a lot of couples out there who have been married thirty, forty, fifty years that know a whole lot more about the loving part of marriage than we give them credit for. We think we're young, we've got the monopoly on passion." I shook my head. "Not so sure. They might give Dr. Phil a run for his money.

Sometimes good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment." "Doesn't seem right.

That was the night I learned the value of an old hymn. How something so old and "out-of-date" could say words my heart needed to hear and didn't know how to say.

For we alone are the keepers of the letters that set us free.

That was the night I learned the value of an old hymn. How something so old and "out-of-date" could say words my heart needed to hear and didn't know how to say.

For monarchy to work, one man must be wise. For democracy to work, a majority of the people must be wise. Which is more likely?

Any clod can have the facts having opinions is an art.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creative.

Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple.

Anybody can make the simple complecated. Creativity is making the complecated simple.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens. (Thanks Joe P. for the quote)

As I come to the end of my advice and send you off into the world, I have an alternative way for you to stay on the straight and narrow: periodically watch Groundhog Day. It was made long ago, in 1993, but it's still smart and funny, the chemistry between the stars (Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell) is terrific, and it has a happy ending. Groundhog Day is also a profound moral fable that deals with the most fundamental issues of virtue and happiness.

Why is it a good thing to understand this movie so well? Because it will help you live a good life. Absorbing the deep meaning of the Nicomachean Ethics will also help you live a good life, but Groundhog Day will do it with a lot less effort. 35.

No one should be allowed to work in the West Wing of the White House who has not suffered a major disappointment in life... the responsibility of working there was too great... to be entrusted to people who weren't painfully aware of how badly things can go wrong.

All the other virtues, and the living of a virtuous life, depend on them. If you took an introductory philosophy course in college, they were probably translated from the Greek as courage, justice, temperance, and prudence.