Quotes About Wisdom

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas."

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.

Intentá ser feliz sin mentiras ni delirios", escribió el abuelo en la carta dirigida a mí, la que podía leer solo. Que hubiera elegido el verbo intentar me resultó clave:

you only know something once you've experienced it in your life, life is our greatest test.

People confuse thinking with knowing, they let themselves confuse the two.

It was a lesson.

But I still have questions, and the way to get answers is to bear her corrections.

The courage to put an end to war, to see the abysmal stupidity of it, is certainly no less than that needed to start one.

One does not need to be able to know the future; one only needs to be conversant with the past in order to guide the present, and the future will attend to itself

You can teach a student a lesson for a day but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.

Indeed, while experiences and information can be good teachers, there are many times in life where we simply cannot afford to learn on the job. You don't want to have to go through multiple marriages to learn how to be a good spouse. Or wait until your last child has grown to master parenthood. This is why theory can be so valuable: it can explain

To write all things in a book is to leave a sword in the hands of a child.

Often, simply knowing the answer is the largest hurdle to overcome when formulating a proof.

No one becomes forty without incredulity and a sense of outrage.

If we wanted home truths, we should have stayed at home.

Why do politicians have one more brain cell than horses do?" Riddles were her favorites, he guessed. He said that he didn't know why. "So they won't shit on the street during parades." He

OLD AGE AND TREACHERY WILL OVERCOME YOUTH AND SKILL.

A good read is one of the amazing pleasures offered to us by civilization.

If you really want to know about the future, don't ask a technologist, a scientist, a physicist. No! Don't ask somebody who's writing code. No, if you want to know what society's going to be like in 20 years, ask a kindergarten teacher.

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.

Si realmente quieren saber sobre el futuro, no le pregunten a un técnico, a un científico o a un físico. ¡No! No le pregunten a quien escriba en código. No, si quieren saber cómo va a ser la sociedad en 20 años, pregúntenle a la maestra de un jardín de niños.

How you live your life is a question of choices. You must do your best to make the right ones and make sure you fix it when you don't.

Cheating will always be a part of any game played. Play with hearts, you get struck by spades or swords. Cloves come in later to clear and refresh the air.

Seniors are the most courageous people of all ages. They deserve the highest respect without asking for it.