Quotes and sayings about tag  wisdom

Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.

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• Wisdom

Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.

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• Inspirational

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

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• Wisdom

The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

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• Life

Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it doesn't make much difference anyway.

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• Life

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

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• Life

No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.

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• Wisdom

Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.

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• Wisdom

Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only means there's a light nearby.

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• Life

I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)

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• Love

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

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• Wisdom

There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

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• Life

Education is no substitute for intelligence.

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• Wisdom

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

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• Wisdom

You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted.

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• Wisdom