Quotes About Wisdom

Failure most of all. The greatest teacher failure is.

Slow down and think. Panic doesn't solve problems; it just creates new ones.

We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters.

Remember, the most common thing about common sense is how uncommon it is.

Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.

Dee and his contemporaries quested for nothing less than Total Knowledge—and all sciences were thought to be reflections of, and ways to ascend back to, the mind of God.

For the Hermeticist, the universe is a holographic unity, and understanding any aspect of it can aid in understanding all other aspects.

Biroco cites Trithemius's own statement in the third book of the Steganographia: "This I did that to men of learning and men deeply engaged in the study of magic, it might, by the Grace of God, be in some degree intelligible, while on the other hand, to the thick-skinned turnip-eater it might for all time remain a hidden secret, and be to their dull intellects a sealed book forever."28

They say it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. I disagree.

Sometimes there are truths in fiction. In fantasy. Sometimes made-up stories tell us more about who we are than reality.

Each experience I go through - marriage, my public life, my personal life - I'm learning as I go.

Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books.

Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea.

What a price we pay for experience, when we must sell our youth to buy it.

My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you'd better choose the question carefully.

It is, but a virtue taken to extremes is a vice. If one does not understand there are things more important than the truth one doesn't understand how important the truth is.

the books we don't read are full of warnings; we will either never read them or they will arrive too late.

Sí, es la conciencia de la edad lo que nos condiciona, más que la edad misma.

Basta saber que alguém não quer que oiçamos para fazermos tudo para ouvir, sem nos darmos conta de que às vezes as coisas nos são escondidas para nosso bem, para não nos decepcionarem ou para não nos comprometerem, para que a vida não nos pareça tão má como costuma ser.

Vivere nell'inganno o essere ingannati è facile, e anzi è la nostra condizione naturale: nessuno va esente da questo e nessuno è stupido per questo, non dovremmo opporci più di tanto e non dovremmo amareggiarci

Soy joven, habría tiempo de sobra, dicen que se olvida hasta lo inolvidable, lo dicen las personas de más edad.)

Son demasiadas las vidas configuradas sobre el engaño o el error, seguramente la mayoría desde que el mundo existe

A todo se acostumbra uno, sí, como se dice vulgarmente, y gran verdad vulgar es esa.

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