Quotes About Wisdom

Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage— to move in the opposite direction.

It takes more than knowing how to point the ship to be a captain," he said with more than a touch of black choler. "It takes knowing where and why to point it.

Each man sees what his own experience has taught him.

He was a man of great depth but of limited breadth, so that while he knew very little, he knew a great deal about it.

To learn to die is to learn to live. Death is the giver of life.

Stupidity, selfishness and good health are the three prerequisites of happiness, though if stupidity is lacking the others are useless.'7

?nsan ba?kalar?n?n kusurlar?n? yabayla saman savururcas?na kolay aç??a ç?kar?r ama kendininkileri kurnaz bir kumarbaz?n zar?n? tutu?undaki ustal?kla saklar." - Buda

Madem tüm seçenekler saçma, o zaman gelin en asilini seçelim." - Flaubert

Aptal, bilge oldu?unu zanneder ama bilge, aptal oldu?unu bilir." - Shakespeare

Richard Harris

Maggie Smith

Albus Dumbledore

Use it Well

Wilde's definition of a cynic (someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing), and

Remember: any fool can argue about anything, but it takes someone strong to hold their tongue to a fool.

A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak.

I think it's true that the older you get, the more you cry

Only after a person has their heart broken does the world appear as it truly is.

man scatters seed on the ground … the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how." Had the farmer from scripture postponed his sowing until he understood the biology of seed germination, he wouldn't have lasted very long.

To be perfectly honest, I think that as I'm growing older, I'm just growing more impatient. I'll be very happy if at some point people say, 'Michael's grown wiser and softer in his old age.' But we'll have to wait and see what my next project is.

Knowledge is the wisdom of one passing on the accumulation of their experience to others.

Sometimes the worst-tasting crap is the best for you.

The more you can learn and the more knowledge you can retain, the more effective you'll become at what it is you choose to do.