Quotes About Wisdom

The older you get, the more theories you make up about things.

These are the lessons of being human, being vulnerable, and seeking wholeness with all that is. They are part of the pathway to power. The power lies in the wisdom and understanding of one's role in the Great Mystery, and in honouring every little thing as a teacher. The lessons taught are eternal and forever forthcoming. If the learning is over, so is the magic and the life.

Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties.

If we observe the nature, we well learn too many things which human kind may never teach us.

Acknowledging our ignorance can give us the strength to conquer and extend our limit.

We can not hear or see everything, but a experience let us understanding it.

but she'd learned that anger and regret were bitter desserts.

She was mature enough to know the difference between endorphin-fueled young love and the type that developed like fine wine over time.

I will welcome this day with optimism and excitement. I will approach this day with the intelligence, wisdom, and talent that I know I possess, even when doubt creeps into my mind. I will seize this day with all the energy I have within me, and I will radiate enthusiasm to light the path of those who follow me.

Bennett wondered why it took a lifetime for many—if not most—people to figure out that life was meant to be celebrated.

Forty-five might seem old to you now, but I promise you it isn't. I'm not yet half as old as my grandmother was when she passed away. I hope I still have a lot of living to do.

Advice is a dangerous thing, the Watcher responded. It should be given only rarely and cautiously, and taken in small doses with skepticism.

Worst of all, she realized, Zohrane was without fear, and fear is the braking system of intelligence.

He was not yet old enough to be able to grade his own misfortunes: it is one of the maturer accomplishments.

A soft answer turns away wrath and a gentle tongue is the tree of life, but a snarky Twitter Bible only leads to trouble.

Dave says good-bye. Sniff. Advises new king Sol that when playing hide-and-seek with G, it's good to let G find you.

Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.

She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.

Time will explain.

Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives.

She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.

Beware how you give your heart.

I dearly love a laugh... I hope I never ridicule what is wise or good. Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.