Quotes About Wisdom

In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it it's only good for wallowing in.

Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing.

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be Revelation.

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

Who knows what death is? Maybe life is nothing more than a beam of light passing slowly over our changing faces.

The best thing you've ever done for me¦is to help me take my life less seriously¦cuz its only life after all¦

You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly.

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

The Bible does not provide a map for life - only a compass.

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.

To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice.

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.