Quotes About Wisdom

What's your conscience?" "It's a meeting place for the things your heart feels and the things your head knows.

Probabilmente no, quindi ti lascio con un piccolo consiglio, dato che conosci tanto bene le carte. La vita è come loro. Vincere non consiste nell'avere una buona mano, ma nel giocarne bene una mediocre.

You're three years older than I. That hardly makes you an ancient crone. Besides, I prefer my women seasoned.Hmm.She arched a brow.With salt or pepper?A little of both.

You've had quite an intriguing life, Your Grace," "Is there any point in having any other kind?

I believe in the truth of fairy-tales more than I believe in the truth in the newspaper.

Trepidation is either the sign of great weakness or great wisdom.

My grandfather was too old-fashioned to be much

Lao Tzu wrote: "Know the personal, yet keep to the impersonal: Accept the world as it is. Then the Tao will be luminous inside you, and you will return to the Uncarved Block." There is so much philosophy packed into this verse that it summarizes central teachings about happiness from three great ancient traditions: those not only from Taoism, but also from Buddhism and Stoicism

Quien considera el mundo como considera la fortuna de su propio cuerpo puede gobernar el mundo. A quien ama el mundo como ama a su propio cuerpo puede confiársele el mundo.   Tao Te Ching, poema 13

hacer lo correcto conduce a la felicidad; lo erróneo, a la infelicidad. Esto es absolutamente independiente de quién seas, la edad que tengas y el lugar donde estés. Lo decreta el Camino.

Between thought and expression lies a lifetime.

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

Knowledge counts but common sense matters.

Be careful whom you fall in love with, because your better judgment can be overwhelmed by your emotions. You know when a situation isn't God's best, so don't just drift along and tell yourself, "I can always fix the problems later." Before you know it, emotion kicks in and there goes your judgment. All of a sudden, you are in a serious relationship with someone whom—if you thought about it honestly—you know you shouldn't be with.

For us, this is a good reminder that God works in his own way. It is not by the strength of men that battles are won. It is by the work of God. That's why in the story of David and Goliath we've uncovered the huge revelation that we are not David. It's not about us gathering our slings and stones and going down to kill the giant of rejection ourselves. No, God is going to do that for us. He chooses the weak things to confound the strong, the simple things to upend the wise.

What can you do to "cool off"? Take a deep breath and say a little prayer. Ask God to cool your temper and simply show you what to do next—like mop up the milk, pick up the pencil again, and wipe your face. Learning to let God help you keep your cool during the little stuff makes it easier to keep your cool when the big things come around.

Lord, when little things—and big things—make me want to lose my temper, help me not to sweat it. Remind me to ask You what to do instead.

Lord, help me control my tongue. Help me be careful about what I say. —PSALM 141:3 ICB

Lord, I thank You for the treasure of the Bible. Please teach my heart to want to dive into its treasures every day.

A good teacher is a master of simplification and an enemy of simplism.

The success of The Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings helped restore the reputation of these discredited genres, thus enabling moderns to draw on their innocent wisdom.

Lewis closes his book, The Abolition of Man, with these prophetic words: "You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. . . . If you see through everything, then everything is transparent.  But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world.  To see through all things is the same as not to see." 

My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.

To philosophise with open eyes is to philosophise in the dark. Only the blind can look straight at the sun.