Quotes About Wisdom

It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Stupidity is doomed, therefore, to cringe at every syllable of wisdom.

Applicants for wisdom do what I have done: inquire within

Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.

The Aeon is a child at play with colored balls. (translation/paraphrase: Terence McKenna)

Nature loves to hide.

Men forget where the way leads and what they meet with every day seems strange to them.We should not act and speak like men asleep.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river, and it's not the same man.

Traveling on every path, you will not find the boundaries of soul by going; so deep is its measure.

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It is necessary to take what is common as our guide; however, though this logic is universal, the many live as if each individual has his own private wisdom.

Because it is so unbelievable, the truth often escapes being known.

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Time is a child playing a game of draughts; the kingship is in the hands of a child.

Things keep their secrets.

Aion is a child at play, playing draughts; the kingship is a child's.

We must therefore be guided by what is common to all. The Logos is common to all, yet the multitude lives as if each had his own intelligence.

What use are these people's wits, who let themselves be led by speechmakers, in crowds, without considering how many fools and thieves they are among, and how few choose the good? The best choose progress toward one thing, a name forever honored by the gods, while others eat their way toward sleep like nameless oxen.

Latent structure is master of obvious structure

The soul is undiscovered though explored forever to a depth beyond report.

Under the comb the tangle and the straight path are the same.

Many fail to grasp what they have seen, and cannot judge what they have learned, although they tell themselves they know.

The track of writing is straight and crooked.