Quotes About Wisdom

We are old fools. The more educated and intelligent we become, the less we know and understand.

These are the three things, it is commonly said, that mark a good preacher; first, that he take his place; secondly, that he open his mouth and say something; thirdly, that he know when to stop.

The inner and hidden part of this wisdom is nothing else than knowing oneself thoroughly, and therefore hating oneself.

RaÅ£iunea este cea mai mare târf? a Diavolului; din fire ÅŸi prin felul de a fi, este o târf? d?un?toare; este o prostituat?, târfa desemnat? a Diavolului; târf? mâncat? de râie ÅŸi lepr?, care ar trebui c?lcat? în picioare ÅŸi distrus?, ea ÅŸi înÅ£elepciunea ei… Ar merita s? fie aruncat? în cel mai murdar loc al casei, în toalet?.

I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.

There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.

God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity.

Cei care cred ca inteligenta are vreo noblete, cu siguranta ca n-au destula pentru a-si da seama ca nu e decat un blestem.

CreÅŸtinii au mare noroc c? sînt de foarte tineri puÅŸi în gard? împotriva riscului inteligenÅ£ei; ei vor ÅŸti, toat? viaÅ£a, s? se fereasc? de ea. FericiÅ£i cei s?raci cu duhul.

In Ecclesiastul scrie <>;dar neavand nicodata fericirea sa merg la catehism cu ceilalti copii, nu am fost prevenit de pericolele studiului. Crestinii au mare noroc ca sunt de foarte tineri pusi in garda impotriva riscului inteligentei; ei vor sti, toata viata sa se fereasca de ea. Fericiti cei saraci cu duhul.

Quando si diventa adulti, non si ascolta più, e quando si ascolta, per sbaglio, lo si fa con la condiscendenza divertita i chi crede di aver vissuto.

Elle n'avait pas de réponse, mais, même si c'était un peu effrayant, ce n'était pas grave. Les réponses sont un frein à la croissance et à la connaissance.

În Ecclesiastul scrie «c? cel ce îÅŸi înmulÅ£eÅŸte ÅŸtiinÅ£a îÅŸi sporeÅŸte suferinÅ£a»; dar, neavând niciodat? fericirea s? merg la catehism cu ceilalÅ£i copii, nu am fost prevenit de pericolele studiului. CreÅŸtinii au mare noroc c? sunt de foarte tineri puÅŸi în gard? împotriva riscului inteligenÅ£ei; ei vor ÅŸti, toat? viaÅ£a, s? se fereasc? de ea. FericiÅ£i cei s?raci cu duhul.

A? fi lini?tit dac? a? fi nebun, lumea ar avea mai mult sens.

Eu cred c? s? fii inteligent este mai r?u decât s? fii prost, pentru c? un prost nu-ÅŸi d? seama ce-i cu el, pe când cineva inteligent, chiar dac?-i umil ÅŸi modest tot o ÅŸtie.

Teoria mea … teoria mea este c? e mai bine s? mori cât? vreme nu È›i-a luat viaÈ›a totul. Trebuie s? p?strezi muniÈ› ii, energie pentru moarte È™i s? nu ajungi acolo complet golit, ca b?trânii ??tia acriÈ›i si nefericiÈ›i.

How is it that we have the Tao so obscured that we have to distinguish between true and false?

Is it not a magical thing, this life, when just a little ash, cinder, and unclear water can arrange themselves into a beautiful old woman who sways, lifts, kisses, loves, sickens, argues, loses, bears up under it all, and, wrinkling, still lives under all that and yet feeds the Holy in Nature by just the way she moves barefoot down a path?