Quotes on “wisdom”

If you don't feel it, flee from it. Go where you are celebrated, not merely tolerated.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

Many things that are true feel like a cheat. Kingdoms get the princes they deserve, farmers’ daughters die for no reason, and sometimes witches merit saving. Quite often, actually. You’d be surprised.

You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.

The nail that sticks out farthest gets hammered the hardest.

It takes a very long time to become young.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

To wisely live your life, you don't need to know muchJust remember two main rules for the beginning:You better starve, than eat whateverAnd better be alone, than with whoever.

In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.

In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn.

That woman doesn't have the sense God gave a retarded flea.

Wisdom is knowing I am nothing,Love is knowing I am everything,and between the two my life moves.