#wisdom

A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first learn loss, despair, and grief. Of all paths to wisdom, this is the cruelest and longest. Are you one who must follow such a way? This even I cannot know. If you are, take heart nonetheless. Those who reach the end do more than gain wisdom. As rough wool becomes cloth, and crude clay a vessel, so do they change and fashion wisdom for others, and what they give back is greater than what they won. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#learning #the-chronicles-of-prydain #wisdom #change

all appears to change when we change ↗

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

#knowledge #perception #wisdom #change

What we wish for, dream and imagine is the very framework and foundation of everything we create ↗

— Cynthia Sue Larson

#dreams #imagination #inspiration #philosophy #wisdom

The range of our knowledge of reality is limited by our pre-existing beliefs, assumptions, and expectations ↗

— Cynthia Sue Larson

#truth #wisdom #change

I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters. ↗

— Louise Penny

#three-graces #wisdom #age

There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#wisdom #courage

My soul is in the sky. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#literature #wisdom #dreams

Hate is... It's too easy. Love. Love takes courage. ↗

— Hannah Harrington

#love #wisdom #courage

As you read my stories of long ago I hope you will remember that the things that are truly worthwhile and that will give you happiness are the same now as they were then. Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed. ↗

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

#courage #helpfulness #history #kindness #loyalty

You see, to find the brightest wisdom one must pass through the darkest zones. And through the darkest zones there can be no guide. No guide, that is, but courage ↗

— Adam Gidwitz

#wisdom #courage