Ignorance is toxic. If a man hands you a cup of coffee and pours in what he calls liquid sugar when the container clearly says poison, how bliss is your ignorance?
Knowledge is something that fire cannot burn, water cannot wet, air cannot dry, thieves cannot steal, and the more you spend the more it increases.
Flame is not the only fire. You have brought your folk another spark far greater than any flame. You have opened their eyes to the world, Aljan, shown them lands and peoples formerly beyond their ken....
But there are roughly two sorts of informed people, aren't there? People who start off right by observing the pitfalls and mistakes and going round them, and the people who fall into them and get out...
Out of the Mess comes a Message that makes you Sage
Wisdom defines your value - not your wealth.
Never trust a man who teaches about death but yet had no real experience at all about it.
Sometimes what not to do is more important than what to do. Sometimes when you are in crisis, when frustration is high or when you are under pressure, what you don't do is more important than what you...
Good men are often more practical than pretty. Andrius just happens to be both.
As for you, you're unwise: how may you then speak of these things whereof thou ask you?
Unfortunately, wisdom and happiness are old enemies, and where one can be found, the other seldom lingers. - Wollof
I think the essence of wisdom is emancipation, as far as possible, from the tyranny of the here and now.
Sometimes it was during the breaks that the real meditation happened - moments when it was obvious that wisdom is not something you have, but a wave-length you tune in to.
Anyone can put a price on knowledge - schools and universities do it all the time, but no one can put a price on wisdom for it can neither be bought nor sold. It should be given and accepted with no...
Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
The dead to the grave, the living to the loaf.
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 3 to raise the middle finger.
We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.
Right now, just speak gently your words of wisdom to the youngsters.Sooner or later, those words will arrive at the right place in their hearts.
I would much rather be considered wise than smart. But, I still think it is wise to get an education.
All our wisdom is stored in the trees.
The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
It is strange how often a heart must be broken Before the years can make it wise.
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
It's written, 'seek and ye shall find'. But first, 'imagine what you seek'. Otherwise, you will end up searching everything everywhere forever.
The Purpose of Philosophy is to fall in Love. To strip the world of all its clothes, and fall in Love with it as it stands before you completely naked.
Stand in the divine rain, and seeds of wisdom will grow in your soul.
Rejection is one thing - but rejection from a fool is cruel.
I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.
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