Quotes About Wisdom

there are always four choices to every decision: the wise choice, the foolish choice, the safe choice and the choice that someone else makes for you.

My mom always said, 'Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you.'

Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned...another lesson learned

The path to self-discovery is not a straight line. It's a zigzag. We move in and out of awareness: one step forward, three steps to the left, a baby step back, another leap forward. A lightbulb moment might shine brightly one day, but then flicker the next. It takes work to hold tightly to a certain consciousness, to live in its wisdom. Every day, I have to intentionally maintain an awareness of my value.

But from this side of life, I can see how every moment, every experience, every pivot, even my supposed missteps have been life's way of getting me where I have always been meant to go. Rather than resisting the current, I've learned to surrender.

Beauty is only temporary, but your mind lasts you a lifetime.

It's not that the old are wise But that we thirst for the wisdom we had at twenty when we understood everything when our brains bubbled with tingling insights percolating up from our brilliant genitals when our music rang like a global siege shooting down all the lies in the world oh then we knew the truth then we sparkled like mica in granite and now we stand on the shore of an ocean that rises and rises but is too salt to drink

A fool friend always does something that the enemy wishes.

Dying is also an art and just like any other art it must be learned.

He who knows more is more responsible.

My art, my greatest art, is the skill to live within me.

Pious" is a sword that the clever always use it to eliminate the truth.

There are words, which should leave unspoken, and the true value of a man lies in the words the he has for not saying.

Those who know how one should die knew how one should live.

Truth itself is the best prudence.

It is dangerous to be right on matters in which the established authorities are wrong.

Live to learn, learn to laugh and laugh to live.

A smart man will always choose an ounce of prevention over a pound of cure," he

Men do not get credit for their wisdom about partnership. In fact, while they instinctively compete and conceal, men are more compelled to partner than women.

Ja, ze lijkt ouder dan ze is.' Je moest eens weten, dacht Claire met een grimmig glimlachje.

Macht zit helemaal in je geest. Dat weet ik omdat ik de moeite heb genomen onderzoek te doen. Maar jij moppert maar wat aan met dingen die je niet begrijpt... Ik noem mezelf liever "sjamanes". - Claire

As every reader knows in his or her heart, there is much more to truth than mere fact.

But all these truths, woven together, might give us a picture of what is true. That is why it's important to know all the different stories. We can never see all the sky at once.

There is no shame in not knowing something," he said gently. "The shame is in not being willing to learn.