Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
My mother inculcated wisdom in us, and I want to preserve her wisdom in writing.
I am profoundly indebted to the legacy of Wilhelm Reich, whose monumental contribution to the understanding of energy was taught to me by Philip Curcurruto, a man of simple wisdom and compassionate heart.
My first spoken word poem, packed with all the wisdom of a 14-year-old, was about the injustice of being seen as unfeminine. The poem was very indignant, and mainly exaggerated, but the only spoken word poetry that I had seen up until that point was mainly indignant, so I thought that that's what was expected of me.
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
I went out of my way to play games I didn't like or find interesting. Those ended up being a lot more informative for me. At home, I have literally thousands of games, and I think of them as pearls of wisdom from my predecessors.
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
As you mature and gain a semblance of wisdom and a sense of what life is all about... this is by no means true of everyone, but a lot of actors like to escape themselves. Inhabiting another person's persona is often a good way of escaping yourself.
Lion sounds that have not grown from the mouse may exude naked power... but cannot convey any wisdom or understanding... The initial steps on the path to courageous speech then are the first tentative steps into the parts of us that cannot speak.
If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
For me, the perfect romantic suspense hero has got to be tough on the outside but tender at his core. A take-charge kind of guy who has his own inner strength and a strong sense of right and wrong - which might not dovetail with the conventional wisdom. I mean, he might bend the law if he thinks the ends justify the means.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
At the end of the day, if you're not spanking your child and instilling in them the ideas of selflessness, servitude, and wisdom, you're probably looking at a future P. Diddy in the making (maybe even a Keith Olbermann - take your pick).
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.
All the great evils which men cause to each other because of certain intentions, desires, opinions, or religious principles, are likewise due to non-existence, because they originate in ignorance, which is absence of wisdom.
