Quotes About Wisdom

When people turn to the right path, when the disobedient turn to the wisdom of the righteous (so Luke 1:17), then they are "a people prepared for the Lord.

All we know about economics is that we do not know something

Les tortues ne participent pas à l'athlétisme

mon grand-père m'a dit un jour que les bédouins bénéficiaient de la rente divine

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

Once innocence--an all too-brief state of being, if such a one exists--encounters experience, it is transformed. If that transformation is understood, it becomes knowledge. And if that knowledge is employed, then it becomes wisdom.

The Fool card represented one who walked without fear, aware of the choices she made in the journey of life, life itself being defined as a state of courage and wisdom and not an uncontrollable participation in society, as many people experienced their lives.

Pero debe suponerse que, tal y como suelen terminar estas historias, fueron muy felices. Aunque la Princesa nunca más sería tan cándidad, ni el Príncipe tan Azul, ni los niños tan ignorantes e indefensos.

Sarà vero che da bambini viviamo la vita tutt'intera, d'un sorso, per poi ripeterci stupidamente, ciecamente, senza alcun senso?

Querido, sabido es que la envidia y la maledicencia humana no tienen fin. Pues si bien la inteligencia tiene un limite, la tontería y la malicia no tienen fondo visible o alcanzable

At times anger will trigger harsh words. After a cooling period wisdom sets in; finally, the ability to speak from the heart with love and compassion.

Good thing I'm aging, otherwise I'd be dead.

Sharing will enrich everyone with more knowledge.

We have all grown wiser.

To some education is just a bore; to most education is food for the brain and enrichment for the present and future.

if you are foolish, foolish is going to stay out.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

When an old man dances, His locks with age are grey. But he's a child in mind.

Oft am I by the Women told, Poor Anacreon, thou grow'st old, Look how thy hairs are falling all; Poor Anacreon how they fall. Whether I grow old or no, By th' Effects I do not know. This I know without being told, 'Tis time to Live, if I grow Old. 'Tis time short Pleasures now to take; Of little Life the best to make, And manage wisely the last Stake.

An old man seating down is able to see far better than a child standing on top of a tree.

A good book is never exhausted. It goes on whispering to you from the wall.

The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait.