Quotes About Wisdom

Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow up.

Between two evils, choose neither between two goods, choose both.

He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow.

Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood.

Those who don't read should not lead.

The point is to be free, not to be crazy.

True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness.

This unconditional wakefulness is described in the Sanskrit term bodhicitta

REAL BUT NOT TRUE

Whatever depends on conditions Is empty of inherent existence, What excellent instruction could there be, More amazing than these words?

my first book, Women of Wisdom.

Hold it lightly.

Gegyen told us that the sound of the bell was the sounds of emptiness and represented feminine wisdom. Leaning back and squinting so that his eyes practically disappeared, he said, "All that appears as solid is merely appearing and has no essential nature. What we think of as real is like the places and people we see in dreams." Then he laughed, grinning toothlessly, and looked at us nodding, "Ok, let's do that again.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

Suffering does amazing things to people, they become very different in a very short period of time, in many cases, they get a lot wiser an alot braver and become very much more worth listening to.

He sees the scar over his eye. It will fade eventually, but it will never disappear. It will never be as good as new. Maybe that's okay. Maybe being good as new is overrated.

Everyone makes mistakes! It is a very good idea that everyone makes mistakes once in a while!!!!!!!!!

How did you know they were there?" Glory asked. "Oh wait, I forgot, NightWings are all-knowing, all-seeing and all-brilliant, right?" "Don't forget al-wonderful and all-brilliant.

That's your secret," Moon breathed. She had an expression like someone who'd just managed to finally alphabetize a million scrolls exactly right. "An animus.

Idiotic hopeful former self had hoped for them. Idiotic hopeful former self was very stupid. In

EW," Bumblebee declared, in perhaps her most accurate observation so far.

Act smart, stay alive, stick together but don't be an idiot — those are our basic rules.