Quotes About Wisdom

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

In life you'll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it's because they're stupid. That will help keep you from reacting to their cruelty. Because there is nothing worse than bitterness and vengeance... Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.

One can forgive but one should never forget.

I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could.

Listen. I don't like to preach, but here's some advice. You'll meet a lot of jerks in life. If they hurt you, remember it's because they're stupid. Don't react to their cruelty. There's nothing worse than bitterness and revenge. Keep your dignity and be true to yourself.

Everyone is always learning something new," my father would remind me when he checked to see if I was doing my homework and found me gazing out the window at the stars. "If not, why be alive?

A child's hand in yours -- what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.

Life is a difficult matter, and the more a simple man may learn of what greater men have thought, and taught, have spoken and have written, the better can he cope with any sort of life.

It occurred to him that the increasing patience of age was as great a myth as the unalloyed joy of youth. The longer he lived, the less tolerance he had for the patently evil.

No one told me anything, Tuya. I was always happy for you to be the smart one. But that didn't mean I was stupid.

He stared at me and the unconscious priest at my feet. "Hey," I said awkwardly, unable to imagine what he was thinking. Don't do this when you grow up , I wanted to tell him. Don't be like me .

To become a future-teller, one needs only to study history.

It is possible to drown in information... and die for lack of wisdom.

There are some years in our lives that we would not want to live again. But even these years will pass away, and the lessons learned will be a future blessing.

the beautiful thing--perhaps the thing I love most about the gospel-- is that everything we learn we can use and take with us and use it again. No bit of knowledge goes wasted. Everything you are learning now is preparing you for something else. Did you know that? What a concept!

The thing about growing old is that when you wake up with a new pain, you can just about count on it becoming a permanent part of your life!

Cultivating the mind was absolutely essential, Luther held, because people needed to understand both the word of Scripture and the nature of the world in which the word would take root.

The church survives by the mercy of God, not because of the wisdom, purity, or consistent faithfulness of Christians.

We can be very cruel to one another, even when we're old enough to know better, when we've outgrown the intense selfishness of youth. She

One would think the governments of these countries would know better, but they are just as asinine as all governments throughout history. Maybe

you must work very hard to accept the Buddha nature. And I know how you can resolve this." But he would not tell me that day, saying it was best left for a later time. And the next day, he died. My brother monks found it hilarious. "He will tell you when he gets back," one of the elders told me, laugh­ing. I

Oh, I can't tell you too much Arthur. Just

Truth and Good are one; and Beauty dwells in them, and they in her.

The hands-down most important spiritual discipline is getting into God's Word on a daily basis. When you open the Bible, God opens His mouth.