the only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion, and studying all modes in which it can be looked at by every character of mind. No wise man ever acquired his wisdom in any mode but this; nor is it in the nature of human intellect to become wise in any other manner.
John Stuart MillStichwörter: wisdom
Yet what keeps me from dissolving right now into a complete fairy-tale shimmer is this solid truth, a truth which has veritably built my bones over the last few years--I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue.
Elizabeth GilbertThe fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one, but that is the best of all.
ArchilochusStichwörter: wisdom
Good morning," said the little prince.
Good morning," said the merchant.
This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need for anything to drink.
Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince.
Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "Computations have been made by experts. With these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week."
And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes?"
Anything you like..."
As for me," said the little prince to himself, "if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water.
Stichwörter: wisdom life experience
Always forgive, but never forget, else you will be a prisoner of your own hatred, and doomed to repeat your mistakes forever.
Wil ZeusStichwörter: wisdom life inspirational truth happiness knowledge philosophy forgiveness
We never realize just how many other lives we can help when their paths cross our own.
Wil ZeusStichwörter: wisdom life inspirational truth happiness love philosophy
If there is a wasp in the room, I’d like to be able to see it.
C.S. LewisStichwörter: wisdom
The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.
Wallace StegnerStichwörter: wisdom wounds hurt life-lessons scars
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Benjamin FranklinStichwörter: wisdom proverb preparation prevention
If you dwell in the darkness, you can see in the dark and look into the light.
But in choosing the darkness, you know you are destined to walk alone.
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