All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom

“They coveted knowledge and no mystery was hidden from them. They grew strong in their knowledge but weak in their wisdom, craving more and still more power, crushing the defenseless.”

“Renew your mind with the Word rather than cloud your thoughts with the world!”

“But what is liberty without wisdom and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.”

“Wenn [der Lehrer] wirklich weise ist, fordert er euch nicht auf, ins Haus seiner Weisheit einzutreten, sondern führt euch an die Schwelle eures eigenen Geistes.”

“ We should all have the freedom to die with majesty in an unworthy life which was subjected to sin and vanity. ”

“To breath through the truth is not the same with knowing it. ”

“Ihr redet, wenn ihr aufhört mit euren Gedanken in Frieden zu sein.”

“Ohne Gedankenfreiheit gibt es keine Weisheit. Und ohne Redefreiheit keine öffentliche Freiheit.”

“She had stayed home and worked hard and a posthumous recognition had eventually followed. Not that Buck hadn’t worked hard, sure he did, but in the end the body won’t hold up as a work of art.”

“Die Einsicht eines Menschen verleiht ihre Flügel keinem anderen.”

“Wisdom’s Pearl doth often dwellClosed in Fancy’s rainbow shell”

“This is the best possible way to retain important details that you wish to remember in any unified field of knowledge, whether it be the field of economics, science, history, or any other–link them up with related items which you already know or wouldn’t mind knowing.”

“Before big bridges, deep tunnels and the advent of health and safety regulations, there were many ways to cross rivers. They would use rowing boats, rickety rafts or in the absence of a vessel, swim or wade. Everyone knew what a stepping-stone was. They all understood that it was not something that you would want to stand on for any length of time. It was a means to an end, an important point and a route from A to B.”

“Wisdom most of the time takes form of advice. ”

“Courteous people learn courtesy from the discourteous”