Quotes About Wisdom

We don't want truth, we want a particular truth; one that doesn't threaten ego; one that doesn't exist. We insist on a truth that makes sense given what we know, not knowing that we know nothing.

A poem by Ryokan comes to mind: Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Ten days worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of twigs by the fireplace. Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment? Listening to the night rain on my roof, I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out. One of my favorites.

It is high time that we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to preach the art of seeing. Carl Jung

Wrong way to think about it. Don't try to figure it out all at once.

wat een ogen en dat is ten slotte van groter belang dan iets anders, want ogen blijven mooi tot op het laatst en dat is soms een hele tijd...

I don't drink a lot but I like the air of a good bar--the ripe wisdom of animated conversation, the cutting smell of fine liquor, the sound of laughter among friends.

Being an expert isn't telling other people what you know. It's understanding what questions to ask, and flexibly applying your knowledge to the specific situation at hand. Being an expert means providing sensible, highly contextual direction.

As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There are known unknowns. That is to say We know there are some things We do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, The ones we don't know We don't know.

if you're going to wait to get all the information you think you need before you act, you'll never act because there's an infinite amount of information out there.

unless you can explain Zen in words that a fisherman will comprehend, you don't know what you're talking about.

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Turn your head away from the screen, my friend. It will tell you nothing more.

Grace is what matters, in anything... That's a quality I admire quite greatly. It keeps you from reaching for the gun too quickly, keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It keeps you alive and it keeps you open for more understanding.

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.

The best nonfiction book on the war came out in 1988 by a former war journalist, Neil Sheehan. Titled A Bright Shining Lie, it told in hellish detail of endless American waste and failure. It told of intelligence ignored and wisdom cast aside. The book

Since everything is only an illusion, perfect in being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one might as well burst out laughing! – Longchenpa

Love says "I am everything". Wisdom says "I am nothing". Between the two, my life flows. - Nisargadatta Maharaj

Love is the answer. The question is unimportant.

Jeff Goldblum

Fine," said Khadgar, looking at the books. "I'll just sit here and figure out how to tame an hourglass.

The lie of the occult is that the wisdom that comes from hidden knowledge will give us what we desire.

Why would God allow Adam and Eve to go through this temptation? Because He wanted them to choose who would be lord of their lives. The woman was convinced when she saw the beauty of the tree and how delicious its fruit looked that she wanted the wisdom it would give her. She was convinced that the tree would give her something God would not.

It is the ability to make predictions about the future that is the crux of intelligence.

Being human and being intelligent are separate matters.