“She has failed. She wishes she didn't mind. Something, she thinks, is wrong with her.” — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“Intelligence will take you to the mountaintop; wisdom will take you to the stars.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Magic is a dangerous thing, child. It isn’t something to use lightly.” — Kevis Hendrickson Copy Share Image
To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love,listens but doesn't belive,and leaves before she is left. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
“his famous comment, "My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
It seems to take a lifetime for us to learn that wisdom consists largely in a graceful acceptance of things that do… — Myrtle Reed Copy Share Image
Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between "That doesn't make sense" and "I don't understand. — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
We are never alone. We are all aspects of one great being. No matter how far apart we are, the air links… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
“I do not believe that any book should be denied to the man who possesses the wisdom to understand it, Bruno, but… — S.J. Parris Copy Share Image
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Pope John XXIII's motto might be heard here: "In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, and in all things, charity." That is second-half-of-life,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“You have the ability to shine and make a mark in some field. Your job is to find your niche, excel and… — Roopleen Copy Share Image
“Wisdom, in short, whose lessons have been represented as so hard to learn by those who never were at her school, only… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“There's a fleeting moment that exists for every individual just before they do something truly life-altering. Its that flash of insight and… — Heather Killough-Walden Copy Share Image
“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The wise men of antiquity, when they wished to make the whole world peaceful and happy, first put their own States into… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“My life has taught me that true spiritual insight can come about only through direct experience, the way a severe burn can… — Damien Echols Copy Share Image
Because, according to the sage Solomon, wisdom does not enter into a soul that seeks after evil, and knowledge without conscienceis the… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
“Fats was starting to think that if you flipped every bit of received wisdom on its head you would have the truth.… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Helping Others When we live our lives in happy, compassionate and constructive ways we set an example for others, which they may… — Raphael Zernoff Copy Share Image
In a sense, knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows: for details are swallowed up in principles. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
If anyone tells you that a man has changed his character, don't believe it. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
“I don't know everything, but what I don't know I can find out fast.” — Maria Dorfner Copy Share Image
A man with no human feeling is like a flower without fragrance or a tree without leaves. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
“The greatest virtue consists in flourishing to the greatest of our capacities.” — Annabel Lyon Copy Share Image
It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. — Fannie Hurst Copy Share Image
The really great athletes make their news on the field, not off the field. — Jimmy Haslam Copy Share Image
“Great leaders attest to the wisdom and power that may lie within the most unlikely of us.” — Susan Banfield Copy Share Image
Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Having difficulties in life is nothing but only a matter of choice. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Philosophy, the love of Wisdom, is at the very bottom defence against the incomprehensible. — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
The biggest waste of time in a man's life is to search for the reason why people hate him. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Everyone wishes they could speak again to those who've gone to the land of the dead.” — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
