All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom

“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others”

“Praise by name, criticize by category”

“Wisdom lies in voluntary finitude and a timely change of heart: until maturity, multiplying the inclusions, up to the limit of natural faculty and moral harmony; afterwards, gladly relinquishing zone after zone of vegetation, and letting the snow-peak of integrity rise to what height it may.”

“We don’t force ourselves to be happy; to be happy we change ourselves”

“Before the academy, Miri never had cause to wonder if a person was head smart or not. It seemed everyone was clever at something – there were those who were best at picking out the right fissure for prying a block of linder free and those who were best at making cheese or tanning hides, beating drums or tossing stones. Now, smart meant to Miri the talent to think around a new problem and learn new things.”

“A good family is better than loneliness and loneliness is better than a bad family.”

“Are you so busy fighting you cannot see your own ship has set sail?”

“Working in dysfunctional companies was an excruciating experience.”

“Two things in the world becomes more visible, the more the person tries to hide them from others and becomes moreinvisible, the more the person tries to reveal to others. They are nothing but lies and secrets!”

“You aren’t really going to let me go, are you?” The man asked resignedly. Shaking his head, the boy replied, “No. You preyed on children, sir. I can feel the darkness of your soul. You will never change. You are a stain on any world in which you reside, and I will not abide you in my reality.” With those words, the boy reached out, took the man’s head in his small but powerful hands, and twisted savagely. The man’s neck broke like a rotten twig, and his lifeless body slumped to the floor, arms still bound to the column behind him.”

“True wisdom consists in two things : glory of God and glory of self”

“Discipline yourself before you discipline others.”

“Given two works of artistic majesty, otherwise weighted equally, we will give greater acclaim to the one who did it first. It doesn’t matter what you create. It matters what you create before anyone else.”

“Intelligence without wisdom is a like a car without a steering wheel. You can drive it as long as you don’t consider steering part of driving.”

“Always consider constructive feedback as a surprise gift.”