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Wisdom

«Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will grade him for wisdom as measured both by survival and by the quality of life of those who survive.»
«Life isn't all haha hehe.»
«Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.»
Author: Morris K. Udall (Congressman) | About: Wisdom | Keywords: utter
«Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And, finally closing the avenues of sense perception, let the spirit out, as it will.»
«Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck. Yet lessons learned the hard way are lessons never forgotten.»
«Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.»
«Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the road he sees wrapped up in the fog, as well as those behind him, and also the people in the fields on each side, but near him all appears clear, though in truth he is as much in the fog as any of them.»
«Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.»
«Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.»
«Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.»