Quotes About Wisdom

past travels with you. It's whether you run from it or learn from it that makes all the difference.

Loren Eiseley, who was the subject of one of my favorite term papers, wrote, If there is magic in this world, it is contained in water, but I have always known that if there is magic in this world, it is contained in books. I need magic.

We can never really know, except in hindsight, how prayers will be answered.

Beyond that, I want them to see that there is no faster way to change your circumstance than to open a great book.

The thing about mistakes is, they become valuable when you learn from them. I

If there is magic in this world, it is contained in water, but I have always known that if there is magic in this world, it is contained in books.

A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw, the less he spoke; The less he spoke, the more he heard. Why aren't we like that wise old bird?

I]f there is magic in this world, it is contained in books.

T]here is no faster way to change your circumstance than to open a great book.

E]veryone has history. Just because we're not always happy with what's true doesn't mean we shouldn't know it.

I learned from following in Papa Sevier's footsteps as I grew up. Life is not unlike cinema. Each scene has its own music, and the music is created for the scene, woven to it in ways we do not understand. No matter how much we may love the melody of a bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we must dance within the music of today, or we will always be out of step, stumbling around

If there is magic in the world, it is contained in books.

Just because we're not always happy with what's true doesn't mean we shouldn't know it. It's how we learn. It's how we do better in the future.

the past travels with you. It's whether you run from it or learn from it that makes all the difference.

was their job to always hold tight to the past, to tell it to the young'uns.

eu sempre soube que se há magia neste mundo, ela está nos livros.

so many of the things we struggle with as human beings are not unique to our generation. There are lessons to be learned from those who've wandered these paths before us.

What can't be understood and neatly sewn up must simply be let go, not in the way of giving up, but in the way of understanding who is really in control of it.

know what to do. He'll calm Briny's wildness, push the

It's funny how mistakes are so much clearer after you've already made them.

Indian wisdom says our lives are rivers. We are born somewhere small and quiet and we move toward a place we cannot see, but only imagine. Along our journey, people and events flow into us, and we are created of everywhere and everyone we have passed.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut.

but I have always known that if there is magic in this world, it is contained in books.

Never believe in any faith younger than you are.