Quotes About Wisdom

Chiedo scusa alle grandi domande per le piccole risposte che ho dato.

Listen, nitwit, what good will it do you to know whether I am sincere or insincere? What does this have to do with whether or not my thoughts are right? I can utter a soaring truth insincerely and say the stupidest thing sincerely. Learn to judge the thought independently of who says it or how.

There is nothing that the mature hate more, there is nothing that disgusts them more, than immaturity

Moim uczniom mówiÄ™: pamiÄ™tajcie, ?e nie jestem jednym z waszych zacnych, patentowanych i gwarantowanych profesorów. Ze mnÄ… nigdy nic nie wiadomo. W ka?dej chwili mogÄ™ powiedzie? gÅ'upstwo, albo skÅ'ama? - w ogóle wystrychn?? na dudka. Ze mnÄ… nie ma ?adnej gwarancji. Jestem draÅ" - lubiÄ™ siÄ™ zabawi? - i gwi?d?? - gwi?d?? - gwi?d??... na was i na moje nauczanie.

But perhaps I took the serious-minded too seriously and overestimated the maturity of the mature.

It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed 'Wisdom.' And then I know exactly what is going to follow: 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

More wisdom is contained in the best crime fiction than in philosophy.

Some fellow built a house here and wrote on it: When I built my house I was very glad, when I knew its cost I got very sad. (During the night somebody scribbled right under it:) Building a house takes a lot of loot, and you should have known it, you nincompoop.

Knurrewahn hatte viel durchgemacht; aber er war nicht weise geworden.

I do not mind if you think slowly, but I do object when you publish more quickly than you think.

The best that most of us can hope to achieve in physics is simply to misunderstand at a deeper level.

More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.

You rely too much on brain. The brain is the most overrated organ.

he's a genius, she's a genius, wow, you know alot of geniuses, you should meet some stupid people sometime, you might learn something

Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat...college

I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.

Don't think of death as an ending. Think of it as a really effective way of cutting down your expenses.

You know what my philosophy of life is? That it's important to have some laughs, but you got to suffer a little too, because otherwise you miss the whole point to life.

I read in self-defense.

I wonder if Socrates and Plato took a house on Crete during the summer.

Anything worth knowing cannot be understood by the human mind.

As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

Is Knowledge knowable? If not, how do we know?

Los pergaminos Normas y Proverbios Los malvados de corazón probablemente sabrán algo