Quotes About Wisdom

Intelligent men are dangerous.

Take a note: it usually works better if you wait until I do something stupid before getting mad at me.

Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.

Fear makes idiots out of us all, at some time or other.

A stupid ruler is much more of a problem than an insane one.

Let's save tomorrow's troubles for tomorrow.

His grandfather had often told him that he tried too hard to move trees when a wiser man would walk around them.

Some truths are truths, no matter who says them.

I told them," he said in a clear, carrying voice, "that they should not give someone as old and powerful as I a daughter to love. That it would end badly.

My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech.

I can't protect you from knowledge.

Never accept the blame for what evil people do. We are all responsible for our own actions. She was lecturing him, so she stopped. "Sorry. Hang around with Bran too long, and see if you don't start passing around the Marrok's advice as if he were Confucius.

It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old.

A man learns with age, if he is lucky.

Wizards are a secretive lot.

The Elders were closer to the Maker of All Things and should be deferred to whenever they made their will known.

Do they always flirt with biblical quotes?" Asil asked Tad. In long-suffering tones, Tad said, "They can flirt with the periodic table or a restaurant menu. We've learned to live with it. Get a room, you guys." "Quiet, pup," said Adam with mock sternness. He gave my butt a promissory pat as he said, "Respect your elders.

Too much knowledge can make you paranoid all the time

Fear is a good thing. It teaches you not to make the same mistake twice. You counter it with knowledge. - Bran

Truth has many facets. Choose the ones that make her happy to be alive instead of the ones that make her want to smack you.

Mercy is a smart cookie," Coyote told him (Adam). "Except when she is not.

It is proper that men listen to the counsel of women. (Coyote)

I am always careful with the truth. It is a powerful thing and deserves respect. (Tad)

Coyote," said Hopi Woman dryly, "doesn't much worry about understanding anything, which is why he understands so much.