Quotes about Wisdom

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature.

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies..

If a book is easy and fits nicely into all your language conventions and thought forms, then you probably will not grow much from reading it. It may be entertaining, but not enlarging to your understanding. It's the hard books that count. Raking is easy, but all you get is leaves; digging is hard, but you might find diamonds.

The truly great books are the few books that are over everybody's head all of the time.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

He who hits and runs away, lives to fight another day.

The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are

Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

We spend more time learning how to make a living than we do learning to make a life.

If all the oceans were ink and all the trees were pens, they couldn't write the knowledge that God has.