Quotes About Wisdom

Truth does not become more or less true, whether those who know it are many or few.

The pride of young men requires that they seem wise, despite their inexperience, and the only way to appear all-knowing without going to the tedium of acquiring knowledge, is to hold all knowledge in weary-seeming contempt.

Montrose decided then and there that a full library, one made of old-fashioned paper books with bindings, the kind that cannot be electronically re-edited by anonymous lines of hidden code, was just as much a necessity for a free man as a shooting iron or a printing press.

In the short term, there is scant room for dreaming, for one must choose between being taken seriously and being visionary. In the long term, however, leadership cannot afford to overlook the wisdom of dreams, even the wisdom of playful dreaming. Vision that bounds higher than the barriers that confine us often spring from earnest playfulness.

When he was young, brooks had seemed to speak to him in the tongues of men and angels. Now that he was an old man who spoke five or six languages - all of them poorly - the sound of water seemed to be the language of his nativity, some tongue he had spoken before his birth. Soft and loud, high and low, the sound of water reminded him of eavesdropping in some other room than where the party was.

You do realize as you grow older that almost nobody knows what they are talking about.

The neurologist and psychologist Maurice Nicoll told how he had once asked his headmaster about a passage in the Bible, and after he had listened to the answer for some time, he realized that the man had no idea what he was talking about. What I admire about Nicoll is that he made this discovery when he was only ten. It took me another forty-five years before the penny dropped: very, very few people have any idea what they are talking about.

But once it's been agreed when that real-world decision has to happen, why make it before the deadline arrives? Why Well, it would be foolish, because if you can wait longer, two incredibly important things may happen.: You may get new information. You may get new ideas. So why would you make a decision when you don't need to?

Tortoise Mind." "Hare Brain." They need each other. But keep them separate!

People are changed not by exhortations to do things but by experiences... they may be changed by experience, in a way that could never be achieved with mere good advice.

Well! my best to ye both and so says Phyllis from us both. I think I enjoy life more not less now that old age has stopped all my naughty little ways!    Yours as ever       Jack the Vampire & Corpse Lover.

Expectations hurt, always expect the unexpected, life is a surprise, live it, learn from it, never let yourself be fooled by the world.

When life is good, enjoy it. But when life is hard, remember that God gives us good times and hard times. And no one knows what will happen in the future.

Difficulties come into our lives when GOD is trying to, Teach Us, Lead Us, or Improve Us!

Life is too complicated don't try to find the answers of every question, because till you find the answer life changes it's question.

Life can be tough. But it only gets tougher when you're stupid.

You will feel pain, You will lose, You will make mistakes But don't worry someday, somehow it will make sense.

I feel that as people become older and mature, they should also become less complicated and easier to love.

Love is strange it changes you. Sometimes it's good or it can make you insane. So whenever you're in love keep a clear head because it will make you do things that you will later on regret. Don't believe in love, don't fall in love, don't fall for me. No one can make me fall into love.

Being with someone that doesn't treat you right isn't love, it's stupidity.

Don't talk to me about Valentines Day. At my age an affair of the heart is a bypass!

Don't look at your past relationships as a 'waste of time,' think of it as preparation much like how athletes train for the Olympics.

Talking about a past relationship doesnt mean youre still stuck on it, sometimes its a reminder not to screw up again.

The greatest experience we can ever have is usually not a welcomed one at that time.