All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”

“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”

“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”

“Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly.”

“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”

“Never laugh at live dragons.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”