Quotes About Wisdom

I was just 17, I did not have many illusions left, and the ones that did remain were soon to vanish.

Study the past if you would define the future. —Confucius O

Dedication and responsibility, Far beyond the laws governed by man, Releases the power within you, To attain all the wisdom of the universe.

There is something splendid about innocence; but what is bad about it, in turn, is that it cannot protect itself very well and is easily seduced. Because of this, even wisdom - which otherwise consists more in conduct than in knowledge - still needs science, not in order to learn from it but in order to provide access and durability for its precepts.

So come Cinderella, let me take you to the ball again. Perhaps you will see more than I did, or perhaps you will begin to understand how difficult it is to understand. Truth is never easily wrested from the stuff of life, and this stuff was even stranger and sometimes more repellent than the usual fare.

She wants him to become enchanted, to enter so deeply into her distress that his view of the world is changed and the insult of easy answers is no longer possible. Enchantment always causes complications. He is wise to resist, as she is equally wise to press for a true connection and nothing less.

Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.

Real strength isn't control. It's knowing when to let go.

Buddha had said to make a light of yourself, and if Laurie had anything to say about it, one day he'd glow.

Vidal himself joked that at a certain age lawsuits took the place of sex.

Non è che siamo degli emarginati, è che abbiamo imparato cos'è che non ci serve.

They both looked younger than him, as well as taller, better built and undoubtedly more schooled in the noble art of punching fuck out of people. Nonetheless, younger doesn't necessarily mean faster or fitter, and Parlabane was highly schooled in the arguably less noble art of running away.

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions.

Even those who were ignorant of the word of God were not entirely deprived of divine light,

Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window with its wing.

Let me share what I've learned about Thai politics. Keep a distance from those doing a victory dance in the end zone unless you understand their game, how it's scored and how many players each side has. If you can't figure out the rules of the game, you won't know when the game has started and when it's over. Don't put a bet on a game you don't understand.

A great city is not something that should be judged by our elders... We should learn from our mistakes, not look back on them, we should use the knowledge that we have to move forward....

Si vives tu vida con compasión, amas a los demás y te dejas guiar por la pura y clara voz del corazón, tu espíritu crecerá.

La sabiduría interior de nuestro más sagrado yo nos lega la sabiduría de la pérdida y el fracaso para que nuestra conciencia se fortalezca.

imagine anybody having lived forty-five or fifty years without knowing Hamlet! One might as well spend one's life in a coal mine.

Le temps est un grand professeur, mais malheureusement il tue ses élèves.

I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it.

I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.