“ The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom. Samuel Smiles
“ I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was in… Eric Clapton
“ Never say never, but the thought of electively cutting oneself is beyond my grasp, and I also object to it politically. Denying the lines on our faces makes a comment about age and wisdom I don't care… Debra Winger
“ Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognised: that the human race has been harshly treated, but that it has advanced. Victor Hugo
“ When I start a new seminar I tell my students that I will undoubtedly contradict myself, and that I will mean both things. But an acceptance of contradiction is no excuse for fuzzy thinking. We do hav… Madeleine L'Engle
“ We worship numberless gods or idols, but we all need to be the grandest possible versions of ourselves, we need to walk across the face of the earth with as much grace and beauty as we can muster befo… Michael Cunningham
“ To cherish perfection is to commit creative suicide, and every true artist knows that a masterpiece is an accident that should be burned. Barry Hughart
“ There are five people you meet in heaven, the Blue Man suddenly said. Each of us was in your life for a reason. You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. For under… Mitch Albom
“ The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. Oscar Wilde
“ The humility of wisdom is the happy consciousness that all things come from God, are sustained by God, and exist for God. This wisdom is rooted in the pride-destroying, joy-giving cross of Christ. John Piper
“ It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth! Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“ If you sow knowledge, you will reap wisdom.If you sow virtue, you will reap honor. Matshona Dhliwayo
“ If the past could be changed, it would not exist. If the future could be stopped, it would not survive. If the present could be avoided, it would not prevail.Time is everyone’s acquaintance, life is e… Matshona Dhliwayo
“ In one sense the drinker learns wisdom, in the words of Goethe or Blake or whichever it was The pathway to wisdom lies through excess (p. 113) Jack Kerouac
“ Only a well-rounded intellect, a spirit nourished in the eternal sources of intelligence and culture, of justice and wisdom, is a safeguard against both indifference and skepticism. Ameen Rihani
