wisdom Quotes

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

I am not a mathematician, but I was aware that for centuries, mathematics was considered the queen of the sciences because it claimed certainty. It was grounded on some fundamental certainties - axioms - that led to others.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

What Tolstoy is on about is that carnal love is not a good idea.