Quotes About Wisdom

How am I still making stupid mistakes in my eighties? Whenever somebody says to me, "Maybe it'll come with age," I want to say, "I wouldn't count on it.

I've learned that everything that thinks and feels," she said, "grows by subtraction. Detachment brings perspective. Wisdom comes from letting go. It's true for humans, too, but most of them seem to struggle with it.

suspect that we do not know any more than the people of the past did, but only think somewhat differently.

How am I still making stupid mistakes in my eighties? Whenever somebody says to me, Maybe it'll come with age, I want to say, 'I wouldn't count on it.

Whenever somebody says to me, "Maybe it'll come with age," I want to say, "I wouldn't count on it.

only way to stimulate the spirit of inquiry is, first to make the person realize that he does not know, and, second, that it is truly possible to know.

Legenda adalah kisah yang kau rasakan dalam empedalmu dimana dengan berjalan­­nya waktu akan menjadi nyata di dalam hatimu. --Nasihat seekor burung hantu kepada anaknya--

This morning I was ten years old. Tonight I am older than the stars.

Soren had been at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree for almost a month

congregations of owls seemed to be below, along with a hollow that was called a kitchen, from

Strong enough for any battlefield, any war, but tempered with compassion and wisdom so that he knows the richness of restraint, the fruitfulness of peace, and the grace of mercy.

although boldness of action is always called for, it must be tempered by wisdom and restraint, and too often it is not.

From prideful wisdom one falls into simple stupidity

Even if we die, if we have to become monsters and everyone hates us, we have to read the book because it will teach us how to avoid the alligator's jaws, the wolves who wait in the forest, the huge snakes, and how to become birds.

With very good reason, my favorite animal is the turtle.

Never hate your enemies; it affects your judgment.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." —Marie Curie (1867–1934)

Don't cry over anything that can't cry over you.

Never trouble trouble, till trouble troubles you

I believe the reason so many are failing today is that they have not disciplined themselves to read God's Word consistently, day in and day out, and to apply it to every situation in life.

We should never, ever believe life - or history holds no surprises for us. That was lies arrogance. And arrogance can blind us to the truth. Which truth? Any truth. All truth. her voice was solemn

The student asks: If my redstone necklace had every view of every veil that ever brightened, would I be wise? The master answers: If I had a thousand pieces of a priceless vase, would I be rich?

It was always easy to think that happiness and wisdom lay in the shadows, in places that have never yet been seen.

May the dragon you find be well fed.