Quotes About Wisdom

perhaps the cardinal element, was the belief that the book was never closed, never ended. God was infinite; Man's understanding was not. And so, there would always be more for Man to learn, more for God to teach him, and as the doctrine of the Test taught, it was best to pay attention to one's lessons, whatever the form in which they might come.

A fool who knew a little was far more dangerous than someone who at least had the wit to admit he knew nothing.

need for you to infect him, since he already had a good sense

Stupidity and bigotry are their own worst enemies

wanting soul life without the dark, warming intelligence of personal doubt is like expecting an egg without the brooding heat of the mother hen.

learning not to give a f*ck and not to focus on the non-essentials and the superfluous is the way forward.

He had been privy to much, and blind to even more.

A capacity for going overboard is a requisite for a full-grown mind.

Have you traveled through time?" "Yes," Worf said, "but I do not recommend it.

Bon Iver, "Holocene

You Won't Be Thanked For Kicking Down The Doors of Perception And Revealing Infinity To Others.

In the land of the blind the third eyed man is king

Loss is the hardest thing, I said. But it's also the teacher that's the most difficult to ignore.

I am twenty years old. To a world-wise adult, I am little more than a child. To any child, however, I am old enough to be distrusted, to be excluded forever from the magical community of the short and beardless.

I have learned a great deal from novels. Some of it is even true.

I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational.

The mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness.

Perhaps you have always known everything important but will need a lifetime to discover what you know.

Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.

You should have more faith in fiction. It lets you come sideways at the truth, which is the only way anyone ever gets near it.

The only thing I know for sure is how much I do not know.

if one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends. How else would one learn to avoid saying those things that would elicit laughter from strangers? The mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness.

They never learn. The smarter they are, the dumber they get.

Half a century goes by in what seems like a year. Don't waste an hour in boredom, son, or wishing for tomorrow.