Quotes About Wisdom

Age for me is just a number.

The rule is that when we know the answer, we do not ask the question.

Often an ounce of humor is worth a ton of words.

Philosophy is a mental leap, between approach and identification with wisdom.

Do not insult the mother alligator until after you have crossed the river.

I leave you two things, which, if you hold fast to them shall preserve you from all error: the Book of Allah, and my Sunna. Your downfall begins with your departure from these two.

The Roman politician and philosopher Cicero once said: 'Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labours of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.

Rumsfeld opined: 'There are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.' I

The sage does not become trapped in semantics, does not mistake map for territory, but rather "opens things up to the light of Heaven" by flowing with the words, by playing with the words. Once attuned to this flow, the sage need make no special effort to "illumine," for language does it by itself, spontaneously. Language spills over.

The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

The important and difficult job is never to find the right answers. It is to find the right question. - Peter Drucker

Knowing is not enough.

Orang yang paling cerdas di muka bumi ini adalah orang yang tahu bagaimana menjadi orang yang bahagia.

The professor, a wise and kind Jesuit, said, "An open mind is an attitude. It means you don't think you already know everything.

Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money.

It's a useful habit never to believe more than half of what people tell you, and not to concern yourself with the rest. Rather keep your mind free and your path your own.

A wise man once said that next to losing its mother, there is nothing more healthy for a child than to lose its father.

Don't you want to tell the story yourself?' I asked my father one snowy, bright autumn Sunday. 'Ach. Who wants to hear a leaf tell the story of the wind?

Dere må kjenne deres fiender! Dere skal være klar over at Synden er den farligste fienden! Og dere må aldri be Synden hjem til dere! Be aldri Synden på middag! IKKE ENGANG SPANDER EN KOPP KAFFE PÅ SYNDEN?!»

Been biting my tongue till it bleeds cry over things I don't need. My mother told me pick your battles wisely but you made me angry at the world so I chose them all.