Quotes About Wisdom

I'm just saying that sometimes forgetting how much things hurt makes you do them again. And that's not always such a hot idea.

If I forget about the pain, I might also forget that it was a really stupid idea to do it in the first place.

Few things that are made quickly endure.

Expect nothing and appreciate the value of everything; this is the true lesson of the Rule of Acceptance.

A hundred years ago behavior was explained by one shelf of books, now it's explained by a different shelf of books, and in a hundred years they'll explain it differently again.

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. Proverb

Our best trading days are when we don't trade.

These classic Donchian trading rules were first published over 75 years ago: General Guides Beware of acting immediately on

This farmer knows the creaturely nature of the seeds and the land that he deals with, and knows also the best methods of sowing those seeds, of harvesting, and of threshing. But the farmer knows all this by virtue of his experience with God's orderly creation. God instructs the farmer, says Isaiah, but he does not use Scripture to do so directly; instead, wisdom—God's instruction—comes as the farmer discerns and conforms

Historian Bernard DeVoto later called 1846 "the year of decision." Not all the decisions proved wise.

rooted in 'the forgetting of Being'.

Do not wait till tomorrow to be wise, For tomorrow's sun may never rise.

yet discover the charm and wisdom of Donald Trump. Where past presidents might have spent portions of their day talking about the needs, desires, and points of leverage among various members of Congress, the president and Hicks spent a great deal of time talking about a fixed cast of media personalities, trying to second-guess the real agendas and weak spots among cable anchors and producers and Times and Post reporters.

I think of Maggie Haberman"—the New York Times reporter covering Trump—"the way I think of my grandmother," said Nunberg. "I always go running to her.

The President didn't seem to realize that in order to make sound decisions there needed to be at least one adult in the room.

People are far too quick to judge others, especially when they don't have the full facts. --from the book For Reasons Unknown

the most dangerous lie is the lie that resembles the truth". Michael Youssef

Old age puts more wrinkles in our minds than on our faces.

Wherever your life ends, it is all there. The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.

How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.

A wise man never loses anything if he have himself.

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.

We can be Knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.