Quotes About Wisdom

Men, it is supposed, want to pass their wisdom to their sons; he would give a great deal to protect his own son from a quarter of what he knows.

How torturing, she thought, is the situation of fools who know they are fools; and how pleasant is Claude's state, by comparison.

Christ died to free us from the burden of our sin, but he never, so far as she could see, lifted a finger to free us from our stupidity.

One can learn from that, he thinks.

You start out, you start talking, you don't even know what you're going to say. You don't even know your way to the end of the sentence. You don't know anything. Then suddenly you do know you have to walk blind and you walk slap into the truth.

He is thinking of a ring, engraved with proverbs in praise of obedience. Obedience binds us together; all practise it, under God. It is the condition of our living as humans, in cities and dwelling houses, not in hides and holes in the fields. Even beasts defer to the lion: beasts show wisdom and policy thereby.

The moment is fleeting. But insight cannot be taken back. You cannot return to the moment you were in before.

Let him hear the conclusion of events; he does not need to live through them.

I doubt if there is much I can teach them.

I doubt if there is much I can teach them. Or much they can learn.

You seem very calm. Yes. Learn from it.

Knowledge is a matter of knowing facts. Wisdom is a matter of understanding and applying principles. A certain amount of knowledge is necessary for wisdom, and without wisdom, knowledge is not only useless, it's dangerous.

I so loved the nobility of your character, your wisdom, your chastity, your spirit, and indeed every aspect of your life that many people have said to me: What are you doing?

Reason is the root, through which the resonant word flourishes.

My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before.

I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done.

MURRY:[Father] Time is kind of a big deal and I'd rather not tick him off. MOLLY: Heh. Tick.

Conviction without experience makes for harshness.

Mark this! who lives beyond his means Forfeits respect, loses his sense; Where?er he goes, through the seven births, All count him knave: him women hate.

Even nectar is poison if taken to excess.

No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients.

La ocasión en fugaz la experiencia insegura y el juicio difícil

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

Life is short, the art long.