Quotes About Wisdom

The claws of war are no match for the wings of wisdom.

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

She thought about that for a moment. He liked the way she stopped and thought carefully about the things he said. Most dragons already had their ideas settled in their heads; if they paused to think before responding, it was only about how to explain to you that you were wrong. But Cricket seemed to take in information and questions and hold them up against the things she thought she knew, to see if there was anything new she missed.

Qibli was right. Again. There was nothing MORE INFURIATING IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

Well, thank you," she said. "Although I'm going to vote against calling it 'magical death spit,' please.

Kind of an idiot MudWing move,

Tui T. Sutherland

Please don't come back with a pet camel," she said. "And don't make friends with any scorpions! Also snakes; snakes are bad, try to remember that.

If you are flying directly into a hurricane, it is probably useful to be a dragon who can see the future. Then again, if you are a dragon who can see the future, you are most likely far too smart to fly directly into a hurricane.

Oooo, the perfect title for my memoir," she said, grinning. "Right about Almost Everything, by Cricket.

Obedience to your elders: the most important thing a young NightWing had to learn.

Maybe you should shut your trap," Sundew suggested. "BurrMRRBRRGRR,

This just proves what I've always said," Tsunami observed. "Who needs a prophecy to tell you how to make an awesome destiny?

Perhaps that's one downside to staying isolated, Starflight thought. They keep themselves separate to seem more powerful, and yet they're cut off from so much potential knowledge.

Your Majesty is the wisest of all dragons," said Kidney Breath.

It can be so empowering for us to understand, even on a conceptual level, that we are enlightened in our true nature.

No matter what we do in this life, all the information we gather and all the knowledge we accumulate and all the effort we make to amass wealth through work and business—when the time comes for us to leave this life, all of it is futile and in vain. It will not help us in any way whatsoever. I can easily say this since I am not educated at all! So I can smile and act big about this. Don't be angry, please.

May I quickly attain complete enlightenment, and having attained the state of a buddha, may I guide all sentient beings to liberation and the awakened state itself.

There is either being caught up in thinking, or there is a moment of rigpa.

The Bush Doctrine is democratic imperialism. This will bleed, bankrupt and isolate this republic. This overthrows the wisdom of the Founding Fathers about what America should be all about.

organizations learn by making decisions, even bad ones.

Real-Time Agenda Once the lightning round and progress review are complete (usually no more than fifteen minutes into the meeting), now it is time to talk about the agenda. That's right. Counter to conventional wisdom about meetings, the agenda for a weekly tactical should not be set before the meeting, but only after the lightning round and regular reporting activities have taken place.

Ask dumb questions.

If we hate meetings, can we be making good decisions and successfully leading our organizations? I don't think so. There is simply no substitute for a good meeting—a dynamic, passionate, and focused engagement—when it comes to extracting the collective wisdom of a team. The hard truth is, bad meetings almost always lead to bad decisions, which is the best recipe for mediocrity.