He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.
I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.
I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas. Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness.
If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
When you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.
He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.
The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.
Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom.
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
I'm not lost, because I haven't any idea where to go that I might get lost on the way to. I'd like to get lost, because then I'd know where I was going, you see.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.
He hated when his own advice applied to himself.
But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.
A path is made by walking on it.
Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.
Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.
