All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom
“We destroy in assumptionsBut we do not build in possibilities”
“Where is all my wisdom, then? I behaved stubbornly, pursuing a semblance of order, when I should have known well that there is no order in the universe.”
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“If You… say the same things as everyone else… share the same links as everyone else…post the same quotes as everyone else… and put up the same pictures as everyone else…Why should anyone think you are any different than everyone else?You have your own creativity. You have your own story.Stop trying to tell another person’s story and start engaging people with yours.”
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“I hold visions to be wisdom, and would deny them only to ambition, which exists only by the destruction of visions of everybody else”
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“Not all wise words were spoken by the wise”
“Although the windblows terribly here,the moonlight also leaksbetween the roof planksof this ruined house.”
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“Enlightenment does not mean making the most of bad situations. It means knowing that every situation is neither good nor bad.”
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“If you receive a ‘certified’ message in a bottle with an audit notice, be sure to have the most complete records and do not forget those receipts before the IRS boards your vessel for inspection.”
“The first wisdom is to heed the wise when they speak.”
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“Nihil sapientiae odiosius acumine nimio (Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than excessive cleverness)”
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“…alas, in most of us good and bad are closely woven as the threads on a loom; greater wisdom than mine is needed for the judging.”
“…alas, in most of us good and bad are closely woven as the threads on a loom; greater wisdom than mine is needed for the judging,”
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“Remember: Mistake is not for mistake, it is for alteration!”
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“Alas! for poor Erin that some are still seen,Who would dye the grass red from their hatred to green;Yet, oh! when you’re up, and they’re down, let them live,Then yield them that mercy which they would not give.Arm of Erin, be strong! but be gentle as brave;And uplifted to strike, be still ready to save;Let no feeling of vengeance presume to defileThe cause of, or men of, the Emerald Isle.”