Wisdom
Quotes
Hide
not Your Talents
“Books
loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't
ask for anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you
treated them badly. Love, truth, beauty, wisdom and consolation against death.
Who had said that? Someone else who loved books.”
―
Cornelia Funke, Inkheart
“wisdom
comes to us when it can no longer do any good.”
―
Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
“Hide
not your talents, they for use were made,
What's
a sundial in the shade?”
―
Benjamin Franklin
“But
magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil?
Only if the wielder is evil.”
―
Rick Riordan, The House of Hades
“The
stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise
forgive but do not forget.”
―
Thomas Szasz
“No
man is poor who has a Godly mother.”
―
Abraham Lincoln
“A
smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be silent.”
―
Roy T. Bennett
“It's
not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.”
―
Georgia O'Keeffe
“CHORONZON:
I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler.
MORPHEUS:
I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing.
CHORONZON:
I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing.
MORPHEUS:
I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged.
CHORONZON:
I am a snake, spider-devouring, posion-toothed.
MORPHEUS:
I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy-footed.
CHORONZON:
I am an anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying.
MORPHEUS:
I am a world, space-floating, life-nurturing.
CHORONZON:
I am a nova, all-exploding... planet-cremating.
MORPHEUS:
I am the Universe -- all things encompassing, all life embracing.
CHORONZON:
I am Anti-Life, the Beast of Judgment. I am the dark at the end of everything.
The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. Sss. And what will you be
then, Dreamlord?
MORPHEUS:
I am hope.”
―
Neil Gaiman, Preludes & Nocturnes
“Wisely
and slow; they stumble that run fast.”
―
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“It's
now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that
gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find
that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be
respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what."
[I
saw hate in a graveyard -- Stephen Fry, The Guardian, 5 June 2005]”
―
Stephen Fry
“There
is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
―
Frank Herbert, Dune
“Recognizing
power in another does not diminish your own.”
―
Joss Whedon
“I
have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.”
―
Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“Never
respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves
it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger.”
―
Bohdi Sanders, Warrior Wisdom: Ageless Wisdom for the Modern Warrior
“A
man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful,
loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.”
―
Dhammapada, The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha
“Knowledge
comes, but wisdom lingers.”
―
Alfred Lord Tennyson
“How
can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If
I am to be whole.”
―
C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul
“Sometimes
it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what
things don't mean.”
―
Bob Dylan
“Lost
Time is never found again.”
―
Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack
