Quotes About Wisdom

Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.

To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

But if they called everything divine which they do not understand, why there would be no end of divine things!

I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

Forget what hurt you in the past, but never forget what it taught you.

It is always best to understand the proper way of doing something before you find your own way.

When someone insults you, even murder is forgivable? I see. What you told me is very important. You insulted that innocent old man's life. So I changed one of your guns into a banana. You should savor your last meal as best you can.

A man who possesses the art of correct reading will … instinctively and immediately perceive everything which in his opinion is worth permanently remembering, either because it is suited to his purpose or generally worth knowing … The art of reading, as of learning, is this: … to retain the essential, to forget the nonessential.

If you were God, what kind of human would you create?" I asked. "I wouldn't change how they look. But I would make them as dumb as chickens. So dumb they'd never even imagine the existence of a god.

Livet är inrättat för de gamla, därför är det en olycka att vara ung. Det är inrättat för de tanklösa och slöa, för dem som ta falskt för äkta eller till och med föredrar det falska, därför är det en sjukdom att tänka och känna, en barnsjukdom som man måste gå igenom innan man blir man...

Hur var det möjligt att han, Martin Birck, som ännu inte hade fyllt sexton år och låg i en liten järnsäng i sina föräldrars hem, kunde tänka annorlunda om de högsta och viktigaste tingen än de gamla och erfarna, och att han kunde ha rätt och de orätt?

To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100, cultivate the people.

No man is ever old enough to know better.

Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.

Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.

A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement.

the end of reading is not more books but more life

Intuition is reason in a hurry

The one trying to have the last word is rarely walking in the Word.

The Folk doubtlessly learned this lesson long ago. They do not need to deceive humans. Humans will deceive themselves.

What an author doesn't know could fill a book.