Quotes about Wisdom

Typically, if a book has one passage, one idea with the power to change a person's life, that alone justifies reading it, rereading it, and finding room for it on one's shelves

We cheat death, not by living forever, but by bearing, raising, and educating children to keep our souls, our values, and even our names alive. One generation, scarred and often embittered by experience, gives way to another, born in innocence and hope.

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.

It is ignorance that causes most mistakes.

We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain.

Live,love and learn

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

When the night wind makes the pine trees creak And the pale clouds glide across the dark sky, Go out my child, go out and seek Your soul: The Eternal I. For all the grasses rustling at your feet And every flaming star that glitters high Above you, close up and meet In you: The Eternal I. Yes, my child, go out into the world; walk slow And silent, comprehending all, and by and by Your soul, the Universe, will know Itself: the Eternal I.

wisdom involves using our powerful intellect to recognize the consequences of our actions and to think of the well-being of the whole.