Quotes About Wisdom

One can be truly happy only as long as one does not know how truly happy one is. Having

cynic is the man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

I've done some crazy things in my life, but asking women their age isn't one of them.

I have gotten to the age where I try and let other people solve their own problems." "What age is that, anyway?

It all came down to judging—if you were a good judge of the man in front of you, you might survive; if not, then you were the honored dead.

They have a saying, the Basque. That just because the cat has kittens in the oven, it doesn't make them biscuits.

When I hired him I told him two things: no man has any sense till age thirty-five and damn few afterwards . . ." "Amen to that, and the other?" "Never go after a man to arrest him unless you are certain you are legally right, but then arrest him or die.

As the saying goes, a cynic is the man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Meadowlark Elementary

There was a lesson my mother had instilled in me at an early age, which had been reinforced by my experiences in Vietnam and by my twenty-four years as sheriff of Absaroka County. She said that I should protect and cherish the young, the old, and the infirm, because at some point I would be all of these things before my own journey ended.

When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground." "Voltaire?" I shook my head. "An old African proverb.

no man has any sense till age thirty-five and damn few afterwards . . .

I have a wonderful respect for old people.

No one ever goes to libraries. And they know ALL the good stuff. (Layla Miller)

By focusing exclusively on the events of the day, journalism all but severs the connection between time and eternity. It makes the world appear to be nothing but an endless jumble of events through which it is difficult, if not impossible, to discern anything beyond the relatively base motivations of lust, calculated self-interest, and the will to power. In short, journalism is not able to communicate wisdom.

You would do well to consider this: all men may be brought to evil by what they hold most important, although few are ever made to realize this. For you, however, this truth will henceforth be inescapable, and will ever be a burden. Yet, as with all knowledge, it may also be a source of strength. Face it, use it, and it will make you far greater than any of those who remain in happy ignorance.

The key to life is simplicity, The key to simplicity is wisdom, The key to wisdom is choice.

Spiritual giftedness does not guarantee that we hear from God rightly on every point.

As a young Christian, I was praying fervently one day for guidance on a particular issue when I felt the Spirit gently interrupt. I was shocked to think I heard him suggest that I was too busy seeking his will. How could that be? Then I heard the rest of his suggestion. "Don't seek my will in this matter. Seek me—and then you will know my will." Seeking God's will is important, but in this case my focus was wrong.

It's better to shut up and appear stupid than open your mouth and remove all doubt.

and it's right on the spot. In fact, it

And there you have it, Your Highness. Turning a jug of water into gold.

As Albert Einstein said of himself in his later years, "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

Isaac Asimov got close to the truth when he said in 1974, "Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.