Quotes About Wisdom

Never make a permanent decision about a temporary situation.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

Truths are more likely to be discovered by one man than by a nation

The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.

All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.

Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.

The grass is not always greener on the other side. You learn to appreciate these people.

Be humble, or you'll stumble.

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

Learn from the masses, and then teach them.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.

In all things that you do, consider the end.

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.

Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.