Quotes About Wisdom

I thought: Yes, to live the life of the mind is the truest form of happiness.

From every book invisible threads reach out to other books; and as the mind comes to use and control those threads the whole panorama of the world's life, past and present, becomes constantly more varied and interesting, while at the same time the mind's own powers of reflection and judgment are exercised and strengthened.

Face it: you're never going to get carded again, so quit asking bouncers if they want to see your ID. Quit going places where they have bouncers.

I study long-married couples and decide that wives are like bras: sometimes the most matronly are the most supportive.

One of Mama's parenting mantras was: "Oh, Helen Michelle, I have yet to begin to embarrass you.

You don't have to chase every bird that you see.

Before you say anything censorious about anyone, ask yourself three questions: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? If the answer to any one of these is even a qualified no, you'd best be quiet." And she remembered it. Miss

Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled "This could change your life."

This is all there is! So that you children will know and live right!

It came to me that to turn the other cheek, as he had done, was not simply to apply an ancient Christian precept but also to engage in a highly sophisticated psychological maneuver. 216

He who laughs last didn't get it.

She had lived what so many of us had talked about.

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering, I rush to them. They give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resiliance to push on.

From your parents, you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot in front of the other. But when books are opened, you discover that you have wings.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

I genitori ti insegnano ad amare, ridere e correre. Ma solo entrando in contatto con i libri, si scopre di avere le ali.

From your parents you learn love & laughter & how to put one foot in front of the other. But when books are opened, you discover you have wings.

I can see in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

People don't like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.