Quotes About Wisdom

Since the days of old, the wise and the good Have been left alone in their solitude, While merry drinkers have achieved enviable fame.

He who neglects to drink of the spring of experience is likely to die of thirst in the desert of ignorance.

I learn more with every job, and I'm very thankful for where I am.

My father lived to the age where he attained a deep luster, but never too shiny that you didn't believe him for one minute, may we all understand our own quitting time so well.

Failure doesn't only make us stronger; it makes us smarter and grateful and . . . more humble.

Todo joven comete errores -dijo Makoto-. Es nuestro destino tener que convivir con las consecuecias.

When illusions are shattered by truth, talent is set free.

The best way is to be strong enough to make your enemy think twice about attacking you, yet not so aggressive that he feels threatened. Keep your sword sheathed as long as you can, but once it is unsheathed, use it without hesitation.

She made the right choice for the girl she was then.

She found that the less she thought, the more often she found simple truths appearing right in front of her.

I can hardly bear to think of ourselves hugging and crying and making giggly phone calls, like we were in some inane sitcom. We actually discussed names. Names! I want to shout back through the years at myself, "Just because you're pregnant doesn't mean you get a baby, you idiots!

Now it seemed like she could twist the lens on her life and see it from two entirely different perspectives. The perspective of her younger self. Her younger, sillier, innocent self. And her older, wiser, more cynical and sensible self.

Don't let your heart be a casualty of your head.

People thought that tragedy made you wise, that it automatically elevated you to a higher, spiritual level, but it seemed to Rachel that just the opposite was true. Tragedy made you petty and spiteful. It didn't give you any great knowledge or insight. She didn't understand a damned thing about life except that it was arbitrary and cruel, and some people got away with murder, while others made one tiny careless mistake and paid a terrible price.

Remember your ABC?" he'd ask, so often it got irritating. "Accept nothing. Believe nothing. Check everything," Christina would answer.

All babies had that same wise look, as if they'd just come from another realm where they'd learned some beautiful truth they couldn't share. Every day brought an endless stream of new life.

A woman would be more intelligent, obviously.

forty being the "precise age where you're old enough and young enough to handle a revelation".

Like so many things in life, it had seemed like an excellent idea at the time.

Me entran ganas de gritar a la mujer que era yo hace unos años: «¡Quedarte embarazada no significa que vayas a tener un hijo, idiota!».

Finally she stopped resisting and called a truce. Young Alice was allowed to stay as long as she didn't eat too much chocolate. Now it seemed like she could twist the lens on her life and see it from two entirely different perspectives. The perspective of her younger self. Her younger, sillier, innocent self. And her older, wiser, more cynical and sensible self. And maybe sometimes Young Alice had a point.

Real people don't have the answers. They make mistakes. They say things with great authority and they're wrong.

No regrets. That was another of his trading rules. Never waste time thinking about what could have been.

Now it seemed like she could twist the lens on her life and see it from two entirely different perspectives. The perspective of her younger self. Her younger, sillier, innocent self. And her older, wiser, more cynical and sensible self. And