wisdom

"The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues....[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings."

"I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom."

"If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner."

"You have a great heart, but will only find it to be so through great pain. This is the wisdom of love, and its doubtful gift. . . . I have endured much suffering and still remain unbitter and unclosed."

"When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em."

"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise."

"0 plus 100 equals 100. But so does 50 plus 50, only with more balance. Let this be a lesson in love."

"Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the first beam of the sun, which lights grim care and stern reality on their daily pilgrimage through the world."

"Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do."

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

"Whatever you want to be in life, you're training for it right now."

"A wise man always has something to say, whereas a fool always needs to say something."

"Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise"

"It is born in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching the goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach."

"[novan]: bassists are very good with their fingers[novan]: and some of us sing backup vocals, so that means we're good with our mouths too...(~ IM chat with Novan Chang, 18, bassist)"

"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."

"The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of his ephemeral existence."

"Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives."

"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."

"For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. – Bill W."