Quotes About Wisdom

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Lack of understanding is always painful.

With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

When you don't know what the answer is, you know *Who* the answer is.

God has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

Some people read so little they have rickets of the mind.

I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

When it comes time to teach, teach from your experience. Go out and do, learn from the doing, then teach from the knowing.

Good thinkers are always in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss.

Don't be threatened by people smarter than you.

Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you will have merit. Do not be prideful, and your work will endure.

What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I'd like to say that grandparents are God's gifts to children.

Learn to hold loosely all that is not eternal.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.

The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.

Negative desires can cause no evil if you do not allow yourself to be seduced by them.

Light is more important than the lantern, The poem more important than the notebook

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.

Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness