Quotes About Wisdom

Experience surrounds innocence and innocence can never be regained once lost.

By the time they [humans] had read enough books to actually reach a state of knowledge where they can do anything with it they are dead

It's okay to wear the scars of experience.

on questioning why she looked so sad, she would remark, 'My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened.' 'That's Montaigne, isn't it?' And she would give the tiniest nod. 'I quote others only in order the better to express myself,' she'd say, which was itself, I sensed, another quote.

the main lesson of history is: humans don't learn from history.

While knowledge without integrity is dangerous, integrity without knowledge is weak and useless.

A sore throat doesn't become less sore simply because you've felt it before.

My aunt used to tell me that books are just trees that are having a dream.

Cada libro que se ha escrito es el producto de una mente humana en un estado en particular. Si juntas todos los libros, tienes la suma final de la humanidad. Cada vez que leía un buen libro sentía que estaba leyendo una especie de mapa, un mapa del tesoro, y el tesoro al que me dirigían era en verdad yo mismo.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing - Socrates

Maar als je op zoek bent naar de zin van het leven zul je nooit leven,' zei hij wijs. (Camus)

We can eat healthily, exercise and live sensibly but we will still age. Our 80th birthday will still be on the same date. Sure, we can make it more likely we will reach 80, but we can't stop the wheels of time. And that certainty is actually quite reassuring.

Bertrand Russell wrote that 'To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three-parts dead'.

It was one of the reasons why I preferred the library to the playing field. It

So long as there are still books on the shelves, you are never trapped. Every book is a potential escape.' 'I just don't understand life,' sulked Nora. 'You don't have to understand life. You just have to live it.

A veces la única manera de aprender es vivir.

My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it . . . but love it. Friedrich Nietzsche

I now realise it is perfectly possible for anyone to feel old. All they need to do is become a teacher.

Porque, Nora, a veces la única manera de aprender es vivir.

But you'll know when you find yourself, because then you will stop ageing.

So, you see? Sometimes regrets aren't based on fact at all. Sometimes regrets are just . . .' She searched for the appropriate term and found it. 'A load of bullshit.

You possess a young face and a wise tongue. People hate that. They know it could fool them.

Betrand Russell wrote that "To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three-parts dead".

Why didn't you?' 'Because, Nora, sometimes the only way to learn is to live.