Quotes About Wisdom

In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes. That's enough for anyone to know.

Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.

All men are ignorant, Aes Sedai. The topics of our ignorance may change, but the nature of the world is that no man may know everything.

Your body is only clothing. Your flesh will wither, but you are your heart and mind, and they do not change except to grow stronger.

There's an old saying in the Two Rivers Rand said dryly. 'The louder a man tells you he's honest, the harder you must hold on to your purse.' Another said, The fox often offers to give the duck its pond.

The more power a man held, the more likely he was to be an idiot with it.

If you can't hide what you are going to do, do it so everybody thinks you are a fool.

Respond to demands with silence, respond to challenges with questions. It was amazing how it worked.

Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear; cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.

Some people thought scars a sign of toughness. It seemed to Perrin that fewer scars meant that you knew what you were doing.

You can never know everything," Lan said quietly, "and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.

Actually, I figured out how to lose bloody ages ago. -Mat

The newest pups always blame the elders of the pack.

That had the irritating sound of an old saying.

Letting emotions go clouds judgment for a moment, but holding them in clouds it always.

Never make a plan without knowing as much as you can of the enemy. Never be afraid to change your plans when you receive new information. Never believe you know everything. And never wait to know everything.

Prudence is for those who intend to live long lives

Beware the fox that makes the ravens fly.

Being in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they're doing.

The Elders always said I spoke an hour before I thought.

My mother," she said firmly, "always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.

Men teach cats curiosity, but cats keep sense for themselves.

Let others know you possessed a secret, and some would work to learn it; that was a fact of nature.

Stuffing the low-necked gown away under the bed, her old nurse had muttered some saying about displaying wares you did not mean to sell, and when Morgase claimed she had just made it up, her reply was At my age, if I make it up, it's still an old saying.