Quotes About Wisdom

Mysteries, for example, are not secrets. Neither are little-known facts or forgotten truths. A secret, Teccam explains, is true knowledge actively concealed.

Patrick Rothfuss

Patrick Rothfuss

Es mejor conocer los propios límites que calcular mal las propias habilidades y perder el control.

I opened my mouth. Then closed it, deciding this was probably not the right time for questions. Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

It is every man's job to improve himself. A man without the benefits of education is hardly more than an animal.

your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp!

think things are usually bad one way or another," he said. "It might be that only us older folk can see it.

Las preguntas que no podemos contestar son las que más nos enseñan.

It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think.

speak least if you would be most often heard.

Teccam writes of secrets, calling them painful treasures of the mind (...) A secret, Teccam explains, is true knowledge actively concealed.

Caution suits an arcanist. Assurance suits a namer. Fear does not suit either.

leader is not a muscle. A leader is a mind.

Before anything else could be said, Lorren stormed into the room. His normally placid expression was fierce and hard. I felt myself sweat cold and I thought of what Teccam wrote in his Theophany: There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

So God will tend the laurels and keep them wet. And I will tend the players and keep them dry. And wiser minds than mine will decide when to bring the two together.

Remember: there are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man." The sailor passed us and hit the

Only priests and fools are fearless,

true stories seldom take the straightest way.

A secret, Teccam explains, is true knowledge actively concealed. Philosophers

What have I done? The adulation of my peers below has been a waste of hours. Could I recall the moments I have carelessly cast away, I could but hope to spend them in a wiser way, and warm myself in light that rivals light of day.

No se trata de ser o no culpable —razonó Manet—. Un árbol no provoca una tormenta, pero cualquier idiota sabe dónde va a caer el rayo. Wilem asintió con gesto grave. —En mi tierra decimos: el clavo más alto es el que primero recibe el martillazo. —Arrugó el entrecejo—. En siaru suena mejor.

Recuerda que todo hombre sabio teme tres cosas: la tormenta en el mar, una noche sin luna y la ira de un hombre amable.

Chronicler looked down, shaking his head. "I don't understand this fear you have of the Cthaeh," he said. "Well," Bast said, "evidence seems to indicate that you're not terribly smart.