All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom

“A man without words is a man without thought.”

“Sometimes you weren’t supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.”

“It takes a great man to be a good listener.”

“I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difficult problem, he first frees the equation of all incumbrances, and reduces it to its simplest terms. So simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see where your main roots run. ”

“I do not know everything; still many things I understand.”

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”

“Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.”

“The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?”

“My soul is in the sky.”

“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”

“Women may fall when there’s no strength in men.Act II”

“These violent delights have violent ends.”

“The small wisdom is like water in a glass:clear, transparent, pure.The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:dark, mysterious, impenetrable.”

“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.”

“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.”