Quotes About Wisdom

Forgetfulness profits you, Follow your heart as long as you live!

No hasty man attains excellence, No impatient man is leaned upon.

Don't brood on what has not yet come, nor rejoice at what has not yet happened. The patient man prolongs friendship; he who destroys a case will not be trusted.

No sleeper whom you have wakened, None downcast whom you have roused, None whose shut mouth you have opened, None ignorant whom you gave knowledge. None foolish whom you have taught.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read." —MARK TWAIN

Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over.

Age iswisdom, if one has lived one's life properly.

Osovio se ?ovjek na stražnje noge, prohodao je kao dvonožac, a glupost se vu?e za njim kao sjenka!

Svi smo mi nesretni i treba da se toleriramo! Svi smo mi promašeni i svi smo promašili. Samljeveni smo kao izme?u dva žrvnja... Pa zašto da sa krvavim prstima stupimo u tminu? Skomraka ?e isto tako jesti crvi kao i mene i tebe! Pa bi bilo glavno da poživimo tu gdje jesmo, kako najbolje znamo...

Dao sam se zgaziti od glupana jer sam i sam glupan... Da se nisam dao zgaziti, nega da sam pravodobno gazio druge oko sebe, bio bih danas ugledno i poštovano gra?ansko lice!

ratovi su kao požari koje još nitko nije pogasio, a mogla bi ih pogasiti isklju?ivo sama ljudska pamet na temelju spoznaje da je rat diluvijalno divljaštvo, a da je današnji ?ovjek, ukoliko je to, naime ?ovjek, davno ve? prestao da bude kanibal.

Hrasta se kloni, pod bukvu se skloni.

Never eat more than you can lift.

Only time can heal your broken heart. Just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.

The worst of getting old,' said Winnie, 'is the time one has to spend in patching oneself up.

The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

Don't let go too soon, but don't hold on too long.

Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.

Never fear. The path to wisdom is illuminated.

Our eternal reward forgives us at the palace of wisdom.

The door between what's known & unknown is a gift from the all knowing.

You are the lion & I am the owl, now, before either became aware of the existence of man.

Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution.