Quotes on “wisdom”

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.

Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.

Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection

My father taught me that you can you read a hundred books on wisdom and write a hundred books on wisdom, but unless you apply what you learned then its only words on a page. Life is not lived with intentions, but action.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant.

Yeah. I mean, acknowledging is easy. Something happened or it didn't. But understanding... that's where things get sticky.

The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything.

Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.

It is strange how often a heart must be broken Before the years can make it wise.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.

Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.