Quotes About Wisdom

Trust wisely and believe in yourself, in your vision.

When you're surrounded by stupidity, self-preservation isn't a sin.

The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it.

If it seems too good to be true... it probably is.

You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.

Reading is a mighty engine, beside which steam and electricity sink into insignificance.

Lepiej jest nie wiedzie? za du?o, przyjacielu. To znaczy, rozs?dnie jest wiedzie? tyle, ile si? da, ale jeszcze rozs?dniej jest utrzymywa? innych w niewiedzy co do w?asnej wiedzy.

are fools. Which two? The one who doesn't see his/her transgression as a transgression, and the one who doesn't rightfully pardon another who has confessed his/her transgression. These two are fools. These two are wise. Which two? The one who sees his/her transgression as a transgression, and the one who rightfully pardons another who has confessed his/her transgression. These two are wise.—The Buddha, Anguttara Nikaya

It is impossible to get enough books, don't you find? But where are we without them? Just words on the wind... Not words on the mind.

The man who has never been flogged has never been taught.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.

The great end of learning is nothing else but to seek for the lost mind.

Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.

The superior man will not manifest either narrow-mindedness or the want of self-respect.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute, he simply speaks and does what is right.

The great man is he who does not loose his child's heart.

John Maynard Keynes (d. 1946) felt similarly wistful, noting, "I should have drunk more champagne.

Hi ha gent que amb un record, en té per tota una vida.

You can have everything you want, but accompanied by pain, until you learn not to want anything.

Magic, like technology, is a tool.

If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. (a Shin'a'in saying)