#wisdom

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. ↗

— William Wordsworth

#oftentimes #soar #stoop #than #wisdom

Age is a terrible avenger. The lessons of life give you so much to work with, but by the time you've got all this great wisdom, you don't get to be young anymore. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#anymore #by the time #get #give #got

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought. ↗

— Edward Young

#down #drop #estates #may #must

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#ceases #grave #itself #laugh #other

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#bid #does #enter #his #house

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#acts #idle #infinitely #knowledge #little

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#before #bow #children #cry #does

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#complete #created #eternal #foolishness #great

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#adherents #calls #consider #despise #false

The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet. ↗

— William Gibson

#already #arrived #distributed #evenly #future