Quotes About Wisdom

But you know me-I'm an information magpie, always interested in shiny bits of intel. I've never gotten in trouble because of knowing too much.

Anyone who still wants to experience fairytales these days can't afford to dither when it comes to using their brains.

All your questions can be answered, if that is what you want. But once you learn your answers, you can never unlearn them.

Did anyone ever hear of an intelligent fantasy?

Fantasy is probably the oldest literary device for talking about reality.

Anything worth anything can be found in books.

The world of fantasy can always blindfold. Had I know is a gateway to the realities of life

I took a step back, shaking my head, wishing I could place a gnarly black hex on him. My daddy taught me better than that.

We would learn as much as we could, be as honourable as we could, be as courageous as we could, and be as happy as we could.

Forbidden fruit makes a wonderful wine." Vazco gave him a leading look. "But leaves a hell of a headache.

Know this much:regret nothing.Each part of your journey is essential to the whole.The moment you are experiencing is as important as your destination.Ninetah, the Daskiny Healer in The Traveler

Knowledge is not obtained through being absorbed in a book, it comes when you brush aside fantasies and sensuality, switching from the unreal to the real.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches." by Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Why use a sledgehammer when a butterfly net will suffice?

Fantasy is a wise lie.

I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once?

A fool is a man who believes glory can be found at the tip of a sword instead of on the tip of his tongue. That is life's cruel trick.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

Foreigners are sending messages to the planets. We are sending rice and cereals to our dead fore-father through the Brahmins. It is a wise deed?

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriend - and he accepts it

My father used to say to me, 'Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you'll be able to figure your way out of it.'

My father told me, never have partners.

A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.

The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.