All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom

“People talk to old people like they’re children.’Oh you’re very old aren’t you?’ Yeah I’m old. I’m not stupid.”

“No matter how tiny you look, you can lead huge men if you have what the huge men don’t have.”

“For my own part, I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I rather suspect that the same experience may await others. I believe that many who find that ‘nothing happens’ when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are working their way through a tough bit of theology with a pipe in their teeth and a pencil in their hand.”

“Happiness is never there to stay […] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.”

“What should I do—how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness.”

“Where lowland is, that’s where water goes. All medicine wants is pain to cure.”

“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. ”

“They were quiet for a while, eating, then Oromis asked, “Can you tell me, What is the most important mental tool a person can possess?”It was a serious question, and Eragon considered it for a reasonable span before he ventured to say, “Determination.”Oromis tore the loaf in half with his long white fingers. “I can understand why you arrived at that conclusion-determination has served you well in your adventures-but no. I meant the tool most necessary to choose the best course of action in any given situation. Determination is as common among men who are dull and foolish as it is among those who are brilliant intellects. So, no, determination cannot be what we’re looking for.”

“But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.”

“A day unemployed is like a bagel- even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good…”

“The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.”

“Throughout our emotional odyssey in the unembellished narrative of our life, we may sense many alluring voices that are enticing us into a beguiling, seamless story. Our inner monologue, however, might start raising consequential questions about the scintillation of that story, about our vulnerability during the tempting process and the danger of losing our real self. The question may be asked, whether the lure might enlighten, weaken or destroy our living. While our interior monologue mostly listens to the wisdom of our experience and the guidance of our memory, it may happen that it prefers not to listen. In that event, however, unreason and passion will be calling all the shots. ( “Woman in progress” )”

“Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects.”

“It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.”

“People of limited intelligence are fond of talking about “these days,” imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of “these days” and that human nature changes with the times.”