Quotes About Wisdom

the more we know, superficially, the less we penetrate, vertically.

You probably learned from your failures more than from success.

Get into your heart more of that good Bible. It will give you light.

In other words, it is precisely because we have lost our grasp of the nature of knowledge that we have nothing to educate with for the salvation of our order.

I don't think any of us are prepared for the bitter pill we're sometimes asked to swallow.

Take my advice, don't appreciate any man too highly. In the book of every man's life there is a page which he would wish to keep turned down.

Truly it is said, that knowledge is chief of all things, my son. It allows us to see clearly what we may achieve. Conjecture is no substitute for fact.

History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man.

he folded the parchment and put it away. The words raised some questions in his mind but as there was no one to ask he decided it was better to have good advice you didn't entirely understand than poor precepts that were perfectly clear.

Defer the actual decision until a decision can be made more responsibly, based on actual knowledge, but not so late that it is not possible to take advantage of the knowledge.

The young guns on your team will always want to write things themselves because it appeases their ego, whereas your more experienced people are more likely to accept that someone else has given thought to the problem domain and has something to offer in terms of a solution.

A sensible man knows you can't please everybody. A wise man knows you can't please anybody.

There may be more to learn by climbing the same mountain a hundred times than by climbing a hundred different mountains.

Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever hear or see anything as it truly is, or if a lifetime is only long enough to begin learning how to watch and listen.

In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.'" He

The hedonic treadmill says that no matter how much you have right now, you will want more, and when you get more, you will want more still—unless you're wise enough to save your money for some of the things that do lead to happiness.

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island.' Walt Disney.

Books are not merely lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.' Gilbert Highet.

are not merely lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.' Gilbert Highet.

What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance.

Regret is the most tiresome of companions.

One need not fight every battle, or die in the struggle, to be a hero.

As you grow older, Michael, you'll learn an important lesson—that most people spend their entire lives wishing for a second chance to do what they should have done right the first time.