Quotes About Wisdom

Romantic love is the kite that catches the wind and tenaciously heads for the sky; wisdom is the string that tugs downward, holding it back

I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.

There is no record in human history of a happy philosopher: they exist only in romantic legend.

There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.

When you are sad or in pain or sick or you witness any cremation then you actually learn the many truths of life.

You have to hurt in order to know. Fall in order to grow. Lose in order to gain. Because most of life's lessons are learned through pain

Everyone in life is gonna hurt you, you just have to figure out which people are worth the pain.

Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people-- people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

I get as much fun as the next man from whaling the ball as hard as I can and catching it squarely on the button. But from sad experience I learned not to try this in a round that meant anything.

Don't promise when you're happy, Don't reply when you're angry, and don't decide when you're sad.

One of the sad things, I think, about the younger generation, quite frankly, is they have less sense of yesterday. And if you don't know who you were, you don't really know who you are.

As I've gotten older, I find I am able to be nourished more by sorrow and to distinguish it from depression.

The best thing for being sad ... is to learn something.

Don't count your chickens before they turn into KFC

nobody ever said smart people had to be sane, and nobody ever said that intelligence has to be paired with wisdom.

It was never wise to challenge fate to a Hold my beer contest.

Catch more flies with honey . . . although I'd never quite understood the value of the expression. Mother had used it all the time while we were growing up and even as a child, I'd questioned why anybody would want to catch flies unless you were a goblin and used them for croutons. Linda

nobody ever said smart people had to be sane, and nobody ever said that intelligence has to be paired with wisdom. It's all too possible for one to exist without the other." "Too

Be teachable, you're not always right.

Experience is the best teacher- Personal but also vicarious

Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you.

Si tu n'arrives pas à le dire avec des mots,n'en parle pas: ce n'est pas grave...

Even the wisest man grows tense/with some sort of violence/before he can accomplish fate,/know his work or choose his mate.