Quotes About Wisdom

Conquering cities may not be held against kings, but kicking like an ass should be.

People who grow, question what they know.

A gente vive para a frente, mas compreende para trás, ninguém na época disse "Oba, começou a Renascença!

Concluí que os livros nos enlevam, mas nunca o bastante, e que ao mesmo tempo que nos aproximam de uma revelação final podem nos distrair e atrasar nosso progresso.

Tengo muchos años... soy una torre en ruinas, habitada por murciélagos y lechuzas. A esta edad, y aun mucho antes, el destino se hace portátil y uno carga con él como con un ingenio ortopédico.

pensar supone siempre un riesgo, y que el mejor lugar para filosofar está precisamente en la frontera entre la luz y las tinieblas, en ese claroscuro donde todo es incierto, y al lado mismo del vacío, entre lo estable y lo precario, allí donde las palabras se juntan un momento en tropel, prefiguran un edificio de clarividencia y se precipitan luego en el olvido. "El abismo es el ágora de nuestro tiempo" solía decir mientras se columpiaba en el alféizar.

La verdadera brevedad es saber callar cuando no hay nada que decir.

Carezco de un repertorio de conocimientos sólidos sobre algo concreto, no domino un arte o una técnica, y aunque a veces puede parecer que sé mucho o que al menos hablo como experto, en el fondo todo son vaguedades, palabrería, filfa y apariencia, con algunos relumbrones que crean la ilusión de un vasto saber apenas entrevisto.

Me parece que la duda y la incertidumbre son mucho más importantes que el tener razón.

There is no such thing as 'my truth' or 'your truth'," he said. "There is only one truth. You'll live to find that out.

But we must come to realise that every word is perfect, including those we scratch out. As my pen moves across this page the whole world writes. All of human history combines at this mere moment now to produce in the flow of this hand a single dot: Who are you and I, dear friends, to contradict the whole past of the universe? Let us then in our wisdom say yes to the flow of the pen.

All belief is the least reliable form of knowing...Where there is a natural knowing of God, there is not need for belief. The highest form of certainty is something you know so thoroughly and so naturally that it's impossible to put into words.

Any profession of faith…entrusts the mind and heart to a truth that cannot be proven but can be lived.

Ein Verständiger nimmt alles wie es ist, behilft sich damit wie er kann und hält nichts Unvermeidliches für unerträglich.

If age teaches you anything, then one of its lessons is certainly not to hurry if you're already late.

Great knowledge brings great sorrow.

qualcosa che si impara con l'età, la capacità di non affrettarsi quando si è già comunque in ritardo...

We're not given the chance to choose absolute truth. Truth's always two-faced. The only thing we have is the right to reject the lie we find most repugnant.

Ill-considered but well-intentioned actions do more good that actions that are well-considered but cruel.

Generally speaking, we can and should say everything. We just have to choose the right time, otherwise the truth can be worse than a lie.

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When you're up against a superior enemy, sometimes it's okay to just bow out gracefully

having already understood everything that you will understand henceforward and until the end of your days." -Q

When a faith stubbornly maintained comes into contact with learning, the product of that encounter is always something magnificent, whether it be for good or ill.