Quotes About Wisdom

I wonder at this age we live in where information must always be at the fingertips. Why does no one value patience?" "Human lives are shorter," she reminded him quietly. "A mortal life must be lived in fast-forward.

Illium grinned, unrepentant. "Want to try again? I'll move extra slow—you are both so much older, after all." The last words were a conspiratorial whisper. Galen glanced at Raphael. "How has he survived this long?" "No one can catch him.

people who think they know everything end up becoming despots.

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Foolish boy," she'd said quietly as the two of them stood in the midst of the eerily blooming rose garden. "Now he will never have a chance to gain wisdom.

Only stupidity excuses ignorance.

It's funny how really smart people have the most unusual holes in their worldview and perception.

conclusions from his dreams, he thought the next morning as he dressed

When your elders are millennia-old demigods, you'd best take the injunction to respect your elders seriously.

[T]he Truth lies in a bowl of tea.

If we can return to a government that the Founders, in their wisdom, envisioned for us, we can return to a government that will allow our economy to thrive again, and our people to live in liberty.

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. —Psalm 90:12

But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

For now we see in a mirror, dimly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then I shall know even as also I am known. —I Corinthians 13:12

I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.

When in doubt, tell the truth. When in pain, listen to the wind.

We women talk too much, but even then we don't tell half what we know.

The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity.

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The amount of insight to be gained from reading novels is tremendous.

A wisdom as constant as the North Star shines within all of us. It is always present. waiting to be tapped, waiting to guide us, to advise us. We need only use it to prevent its atrophy. No matter what our background, profession, color, or religion, employing this universal compass, this innate sense of what we know to be true, will help us establish a lifelong foundation - a place we go to recover our sanity and to regain our balance.

It's hard not to act like you know it all when you do.

Never forget, either of you, that there is always something greater than yourselves at work in the world. Look for it. Seek the whole truth, rather than letting the wind blow you as it will.

Education doesn't keep a person from being a fool, and the lack of it doesn't keep a person from being intelligent.