Wisdom Quotes
- A question, before you go. What is the truth?
- We place faith in ourselves. We see the world the way it really is and hope that one day all mankind might see the same.
- What is the world, then?
- An illusion. One of which can either submit to - like most do - or transcend.
- What is it to transcend?
- To recognize nothing is true and everything is permitted. That laws arise not from divinity, but reason. I understand now that our creed does not commend us to be free - it commends us to be wise.
The only true guide is your heart. Nothing less than its supreme desire can help you.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the masses of men.
You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!
Technology is no more benevolent than a wrench or a screwdriver. It's only good when people make it do good things and use it in good ways.
When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn`t yet know that he needs your wisdom, you keep it to yourself.
Ideas are like seeds: they are abundant, and most of them never grow into anything. Also, ideas are seldom original. Ask several independent groups to brainstorm on the same topic at the same time, and you will likely get many of the same ideas. This is not a limitation of brainstorming; it is true of all creation. Because everything arises from steps, not leaps, most things are invented in several places simultaneously when different people walk the same path, each unaware of the others.