Quotes and sayings about tag  wisdom

352 Quotes

You're thinking about something, and it makes you forget to talk.

Lewis Carroll

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.

Libba Bray

Peace is not happenstance. It is a living fire that must be fed constantly. It must be tended with vigilance, else it dies out.

Libba Bray

There are some experiences in life they haven't invented the right words for.

Lisa Kleypas

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.

Lisa Lutz

I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.

Lois Lowry

I ask not for any crownBut that which all may win;Nor try to conquer any worldExcept the one within.

Louisa May Alcott

I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters.

Louise Penny

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Time is not the great teacher. Experience is. A man may live a whole life, but if he never leaves his home to experience that life, he dies knowing nothing. A mere child who has suffered and lived can be the wiser of the two.

Lynsay Sands

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

Mahatma Gandhi

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Marcel Proust

Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

Marcus Aurelius

The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.

Marcus Aurelius

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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