All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom

“Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.”

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else … Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”

“There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.”

“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”

“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”

“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”

“We learn from failure, not from success!”

“Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being it.”

“Never, never, never give in!”

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”

“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”

“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”

“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”