#wisdom

"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."

"Shadows are only Neutral at Noon [10w] + {Couplet} Whose side shadows fall upon,tis' ordained by reigning sun."

"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."

"Just when you thought you’d considered all the angles, life goes from a square to a cube. Love should also be 3D."

"And, at such a time, for a few of us there will always be a tugging at the heart—knowing a precious moment had gone and we not there. We can ask and ask but we can’t have again what once seemed ours for ever—the way things looked, that church alone in the fields, a bed on belfry floor, a remembered voice, a loved face. They’ve gone and you can only wait for the pain to pass."

"North Dakota Haiku "My bib overallslook spiffy at a weddingor a funeral."

"I love letting her know how much she means to me. A love in secret is but a shadow that’s cold and lonely."

"Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own."

"Don’t hide what you have just because people tell you it’s not normal. I have known normal people…and guess what? They are as boring as hell..."

"How will you know the difficulties of being human, if you are always flying off to blue perfection? Where will you plant your grief seeds? Workers need ground to scrape and hoe, not the sky of unspecified desire."

"Paranoid Realist Perspective [10w] "I've conquered all my enemies except for the real ones."

"Because you’re a creation of God, you reflect the Divine qualities of creativity, wisdom, and love."

"Old People [10w] At the mere mention of death they gasp for breath."

"Don’t Let the Dead Fish Fool You [10w] Even the eyes of a dead fish can reflect light."

"The difficulties and challenges in your life are the lessons you need to learn to grow and development."

"Who can tell truth from falsehood any more?I say it, and you feel it in your hearts:no man or woman on this big small earth.How should our sages miss the mark of life,and our most skillful players lose the game?your hearts will tell you, as my heart has told me:because all know, and no one understands."

"Gypsy When one gypsy spits on you, its disgusting;when two do, it's suspicious;when three do, you're late to a gypsy wedding."

"Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear his shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house."

"The Christian religion asks us to put our trust not in ideas, and certainly not in ideologies, but in a God Who was vulnerable enough to become human and die, and Who desires to be present to us in our ordinary circumstances."

"Aw I don't wanta go to no such thing, I just wanta drink in alleys.'...But you'll miss all that, just for some old wine.'There's wisdom in wine, goddam it!' I yelled. 'Have a shot!"