Quotes about Wisdom

Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.

When I was a boy, the priest, my uncle, carefully inculcated upon me this proverb, which I then learned and have ever since kept in my mind: 'Dico tibi verum, Libertas optima rerum; Nunquam servili, sub nexu vivito, fili.' 'I tell you a truth: Liberty is the best of things, my son; never live under any slavish bond.'

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.

Truth will prevail.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

Better to be a loving person without knowing how you got there, than an expert no one can stand to be around.

Two pieces of advice for young composers: Go away during technical rehearsals. And do not have a back operation.

In elementary school, we all say, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all.' In high school, we should say, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, shut your mouth.' So that's what I'm telling high schools all around the world.

I only do what my gut tells me to. I think it's smart to listen to other people's advice, but at the end of the day, you're the only one who can tell you what's right for you.