Quotes About Wisdom

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them

Tan sólo por la educación puede el hombre llegar a ser hombre. El hombre no es más que lo que la educación hace de él.

A nadie se le obliga a morir más imbécil que cuando nació.

We know the Truth; we do not judge by appearances. We know that we live in a mental world, and to know that is the key to life. If a child could be taught only one thing, it should be taught that this is a mental world. I would let all the other things go and teach him that.

Realizing God as Truth will save you hours of work in research in any field. You will be led to the right book or the right place or the right person without loss of time, or the necessary information will come to you in some other way.

Our failures are those who do not learn these things in the years they are here.

Our knowledge of life is limited to death

The Hitchhiker's Guide is a hundred percent accurate. Reality, however, is not as reliable.

Ignorance, as they say, is usually fatal, but sometimes it can be bliss.

I have no time for babbling foolishness." "Don't be so hasty," said Victor. "There's always time for babbling.

Artemis ducked. Cudgeon didn't. Guess what? Artemis was smarter.

Confidence is ignorance," advised the centaur. "If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.

Certain battles were won by retreating.

knock yourself out...Or rather don't

They were in a position of total ignorance and people in that position often died without being enlightened.

Hogwarts, it is not, thought the Doctor, realising that no one would appreciate this reference for almost a century.

If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.

history has taught us that it is unwise to wager against a protective mother, as often the universe sides with this particular energy.

I am exactly the right age for this project," said Minerva. "I'm young enough to believe in magic and old enough to understand how it works.

THE BOOKE OF THE PEOPLE. BEING INSTRUCTIONS TO OUR MAGICKS AND LIFE RULES.

Someone old enough to grasp the principles of commerce, yet young enough to believe in magic

I have lived long enough to realize that there is no such thing as perfect love. That's too long.

Mulch's beard hairs curled in apprehension. And as his grandmother always said, Trust the hair, Mulch, trust the hair.

And the motive for all this subterfuge? Simple. Something his Nano had told him a long time ago. "People buy comfort," she had said, slitting a pig's throat with a corn sickle. "If you make them comfortable, then they will buy whatever you are selling." The combination of wisdom and arterial blood spray was irresistible and Hillman never forgot his grandmother's lesson.