Wisdom Quotes

"Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools." "He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak " "The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt " "Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago " "Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished " "Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old " "The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything" "Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy" "Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it's just doing it." "Where there is truth, there is also light, but don't confuse light with the flash." "Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness" "Everybody has a story to tell." "Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance" "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." "Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors." "A lot of truth is said in jest" "The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." "Perhaps I am old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really goes on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to follow the instructions of the professionals across generations and the world and plot to do a little harm as possible." "The only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth." "Real magic lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."