Quotes About Wisdom

the height of human wisdom was to bring our tempers down to our circumstances

I added this part here, to hint to whoever shall read it, that whenever they come to a true sense of things, they will find deliverance from sin a much greater blessing than deliverance from affliction.

how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is, especially of youth, to that reason which ought to guide them in such cases—viz. that they are not ashamed to sin, and yet are ashamed to repent; not ashamed of the action for which they ought justly to be esteemed fools, but are ashamed of the returning, which only can make them be esteemed wise men.

secrets should never be opened without evident utility. It could be of no manner of use to me or her to communicate

But as a fool is the worst of husbands to do a woman good, so a fool is the worst husband a woman can do good to.

yet there would always be some difference seen between five-and-twenty and two-and-forty.

Das kann ich, sagte ich einfältiges Kind.

the just reflections of conscience oftentimes snatch a man, especially a man of sense, from the arms of a mistress, as it did him at last, though on another occasion.

Nothing's so partial as the laws of fate, Erecting blockheads to suppress the great. Sir Francis Drake the Spanish plate-fleet won; He had been a pirate if he had got none. Sir Walter Raleigh strove, but missed the plate, And therefore died a traitor to the State. Endeavour bears a value more or less, Just as 'tis recommended by success: The lucky coxcomb ev'ry man will prize, And prosp'rous actions always pass for wise.

The sweet spot for smart decisions, then, comes not just from being a domain expert, but also from having high self-awareness.

It is with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY, The Little Prince

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.

Steve Jobs gave a heartfelt talk to a graduating class at Stanford University. His advice: "Don't let the voice of others' opinions drown out your inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become."3

These two minds, the emotional and the rational, operate in tight harmony for the most part, intertwining their very different ways of knowing to guide us through the world.

La mente creativa es un don sagrado y la mente racional un sirviente fiel –dijo, en cierta ocasión, Albert Einstein–. Por ello resulta muy curioso que hayamos creado una sociedad que, olvidando el don, haya acabado honrando al sirviente.» [12

Ninguna criatura puede volar con una sola ala. El liderazgo ejemplar requiere de la adecuada combinación entre el corazón y la cabeza, entre el sentimiento y el pensamiento. Esas son las dos alas que permiten volar a un líder.

el poeta escocés Robert Burns expresó perfectamente en el siguiente poema: ¡Ah, si nos fuera dado el poder de vernos como los demás nos ven! De cuántos disparates y necedades nos libraríamos.

Benjamin Franklin put it well: "Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one." There

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant," Albert Einstein

las personas muy inteligentes pueden hacer cosas muy estúpidas.

Existen dos tipos de miedos, señala el Dalai Lama: el miedo irreal, que nos impele innecesariamente hacia un estado agitado de cavilaciones baldías, y el tipo útil, que nos hace cautos o nos activa y prepara de cara a una amenaza esperada.

Anyone can become angry—that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way—that is not easy.

Benjamin Franklin put it well: Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one.

Todos somos más inteligentes que cualquiera de nosotros aisladamente considerado».