Quotes About Wisdom

Qui-gon shook his head. 'No,' he said firmly. 'I'm not testing you, Obi-wan. Life tests you! Every day it brings you new chances for triumph or defeat. And if you pass the test, it doesn't make you a Jedi. It makes you human.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. —WILL ROGERS

Imagination is more important than knowledge. —Albert Einstein

As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble. —Ralph Waldo Emerson Used

I would not give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity. —Oliver Wendell Holmes

The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. —Henri Bergson If

When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. —Will Rogers

The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.

As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.

As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex and intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple and stupid behavior.

The most experienced planner in the world is your brain.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. —Henry Bergson

Being young is like being mad. Maybe just being human, at any age, is a bit like being mad. But Maybe the best thing that we do, and the best thing that we are, come from madness.

Maybe we were mad that day. Maybe some of the things that seemed to happen didn't really happen at all. Maybe many of the things that seemed to happen in the days and weeks that followed didn't really happen. Maybe it was all because we were young, and because being young is like being mad. Maybe just being human, at any age, is a bit like being mad. But maybe the best things that we do, and the best things that we are, come from madness.

There were hundreds of tiny creases and cracks all over his pale face. A few fine colourless hairs grew on his chin.

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading...

There is real happiness to be gained from being able to distinguish between things that cannot be changed and things that should be changed.

Never underestimate anyone, it is the most dangerous form of arrogance.

The world is complicated, so people seek complicated solutions. And there's nothing wrong with that because simple answers don't usually work. But sometimes the answers are simple and people still refuse to see them. - Edgar Roy

Even though we weren't old, we were old with all we carried inside.

You should respect the past. You should never forget the past. But you can't live there.

It is more than a mere rule, for rules can be changed. It is truth.