Quotes About Wisdom

You want to know Ã¢â'¬Â¦ things. You want to know everything. But you can understand so little.

The true knowledge is not in the things, which are few, but in finding the connection between the things.

Presidents and generals and all the important people in position to make the most important decisions are, by and large, the least equipped for making them. —MICHAEL CRICHTON

I don't know it for sure. Nobody knows nothing for sure. If they say they do, they're either a preacher or selling something.

The true knowledge is not in the things, but in finding the connections between the things.

I'd rather be weird and know it than be a stupid ass.

A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.

Unless you have a hundred unanswered questions in your mind you haven't read enough...

I thank God for not making me a computer scientist.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents and the ocean was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge.

There's something beautifully soothing about a fact — even (or perhaps especially) if we're not sure what it means.

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.

More appealing than knowledge itself is the feeling of knowledge.

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

More appealing than knowledge itself is the feeling of knowing.

Spend time with people younger than you. See your doctor regularly, but not obsessively. Don't think of yourself as old (other than taking prudent precautions). Appreciate your cognitive strengths—pattern recognition, crystallized intelligence, wisdom, accumulated knowledge. Promote cognitive health through experiential learning: traveling, spending time with grandchildren, and immersing yourself in new activities and situations. Do new things.

Serenity, courage, and wisdom are at the heart of temporal integration.

As you learn about the brain and consider all of the information we're offering here, don't forget about the simple and the obvious, the little things you already know. Common sense can take you a long way.

Dios, concédeme serenidad para aceptar las cosas que no puedo cambiar, valor para cambiar aquellas que puedo, y sabiduría para reconocer la diferencia.»

Así ampliamos su zona verde: enseñándoles con cariño que pueden frustrarse y fracasar y que superar la frustración y el fracaso los hará más fuertes y más sabios.