Quotes About Wisdom

Words are pebbles rolling in the river

Anyone who lives knows even without knowing that he or she knows. So dear reader,you know more than imagine however much you may deny it.

Eu antes era uma mulher que sabia distinguir as coisas quando as via. Mas agora cometi o erro grave de pensar.

Above all, she went on thinking, she understands life because she is not sufficiently intelligent not to understand it.

A man told me that in the Talmud it says there are things that can be said to many people, others to few people, and others to no one. To which I would add: there are certain things I don't even want to tell myself.

Ah, so that must have been her mystery: she had discovered a trail into the forest. Surely that was where she went during her absences. Returning with her eyes filled with gentleness & ignorance, eyes made whole. An ignorance so vast that inside it all the world's wisdom could be contained & lost.

Mi error, sin embargo, debía ser el camino de una verdad: pues sólo cuando me equivoco salgo de lo que conozco y de lo que entiendo. Si la "verdad" fuese aquello que puedo entender, terminaría siendo sólo una verdad pequeña, de mi tamaño

No soporté más y estoy confensando que ya sabía una verdad que nunca tuvo utilidad y aplicación, y que tendría miedo de aplicar, pues no soy lo bastante adulta para saber usar una verdad sin destruirme.

Hay que saber sentir, pero también hay que saber cómo dejar de sentir, porque si la experiencia es sublime puede volverse igual de peligros.

I, who manufacture the future like a diligent spider. And the best of me is when I know nothing and manufacture whatever.

Meu instinto precedera a minha inteligência.

Aunque en el fondo no quisiera comprender. Sabía que aquello era imposible y todas las veces había pensado que si había comprendido era por haber comprendido mal. Comprender era siempre un error - prefería la vastedad amplia y libre y sin errores del no-entender. Era malo, pero, al menos, se sabía que se estaba en plena condición humana.

no soy lo bastante adulta para saber usar una verdad sin destruirme.

Meu erro, no entanto, devia ser o caminho de uma verdade: pois só quando erro é que saio do que conheço e do que entendo. Se a "verdade" fosse aquilo que posso entender – terminaria sendo apenas uma verdade pequena, do meu tamanho.

I don't want to have the terrible limitation of those who live merely from what can make sense.

Me quedo perpleja como una criatura al ver que incluso en el amor hay que tener sentido común y noción de la medida.

Well, she sighed, even if it wasn't reaching me clearly, at least she knew that there was a secret meaning to the things of life. So it was she knew that she occasionally, even if somewhat confusedly, ended up sensing perfection—

My error, however, had to be the path of truth: for only when I err do I get away from what I know and what I understand. If 'truth' were what I can understand…it would end up being but a small truth, my-sized.

Há coisas que só se aprende quando ninguém as ensina. E com a vida é assim. Mesmo há mais beleza em descobri-la sozinha, apesar do sofrimento.

And from the instants I extract the juice of their fruits

There's something very comforting about books.

In the dark, every voice could be the voice of an ancestor or a spirit guide. In the darkness, who can tell the living from the dead?

Any human being on the planet today can take off their shoes and stand in the dirt and instantly know everything there is to know.

When you understand where the words dirty and holy intersect, you will have found the secret to everything.