Quotes on “wisdom”

He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

Knowing others is intelligence;knowing yourself is true wisdom.Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly.

When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding.

Maybe it just means that love can be stronger than fear.

But that's how memory works, Bitterblue said quietly. Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission." And sometimes they came back incomplete and warped.

Wherever you are, however you got there, if it's good, you're meant to be there either because you earned it or life led you there and you were smart enough to hold on.

It’s always hard to lose somebody. It leaves a hole in you heart that never grows back.

Because some things are never meant to be anything more than a moment. And that was one of them.

They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed.

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.

Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.

People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.

We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.

Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.

Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.