Quotes About Wisdom

L'homme n'est ni ange, ni bête, et le malheur veut que qui veut faire l'ange fait la bête" [El hombre no es ni ángel ni bestia y, por desgracia, el que quiere hacerse el ángel hace el tonto].

Le ciel étoilé offre une leçon de sagesse à qui sait le regarder : s'y perdre, c'est se trouver.

What can a philosopher show for himself? His life. If someone writes a book, but it is not accompanied by a philosophical life, it is not worth our time. Wisdom is measured in details: it is found in what one says and doesn't say, what one does and doesn't do, what one thinks and doesn't think.

Les livres sont indispensables. La littérature est l'oxygène de l'âme.

S?cak yaz günlerimi üst üste s?ralanm?? dallar?nda rüzgar?n ninnisini dinleyerek geçirdiÄŸim iki ulu köknar?n ortadan yok oluÅŸu dikkatimi çekiyor. Onlar da ha! Oysa ben onlar? kal?c?, y?k?lmaz san?rd?m.- O, ErmiÅŸler Bayram? Mantar?.

Ancora Imparo (Yet I am learning)

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

Why do You Send Fools To judge My Work?

If we have been pleased with life ,we should not be displeased with death since it comes from the hand of the same master.

How wrong are those simpletons, of whom the world is full, who look more at... color than at the figures which show spirit and movement.

Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold beyond the world she soars the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which perishes, nor will he lend his heart to ought that doth time depend.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Patience is eternal genius

I am still learning." -Michelangelo late in his life.

ask yourself, what would babbi do? waht WWBD? You know, the famous line in the movie Bambi if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

I think I could use a library," she answered finally.

In times past there were rituals of passage that conducted a boy into manhood, where other men passed along the wisdom and responsibilities that needed to be shared. But today we have no rituals. We are not conducted into manhood; we simply find ourselves there. Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son

Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this resource can be effectively tapped in ways that benefit us all.

Who can say how many lives have been saved by books?

Like so much that is true, it was of no help at all.

You know, I always think about going back to college. Just to catch up on all those books that supposedly shape our lives but nobody ever reads." "Yeah? Like what?" . . . "Well, there's the Bible. You ever read it?" "Parts," said Lewis. "Well, this whole wrecked civilization is based on a book most people have only read parts of.

Reading is a way to quench your thirst for knowledge.

You really shouldn't drink potions if you don't know what they do. - Aunt Polly