#wisdom

"Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge."

"If I’d stayed there, would I always have been happy? No, I suppose not. People move away, grow older, die, and the bright belief that there will be another marvelous thing around each corner fades. It is now or never; we must snatch at happiness as it flies."

"Persistence If persistence is the foundation of all success, how come persistent liars and nags aren't more successful?"

"That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw."

"Las Vegas Magic! I was the greatest magician in the world.Things were going great. My agent booked me to play the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas for $100,000 per performance!When I got onstage everything suddenly disappeared.I'm not sure if it was allan illusion or a delusion,but I cashed the check anyway just to be safe."

"A slinky is a toy made for stairs, but that’s entirely too tiresome. What about a toy for escalators that doesn’t move and does nothing and that’s the whole point? I think Americans would relate to and embrace that mentality."

"The brightest light casts the darkest shadow."

"Relatively Speaking [10w] The irony about 'relativism theories' is that they're relative too."

"Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect."

"Each person you meetis an aspect of yourself,clamoring for love."

"If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development."

"Knowledge has no value if it does not enhance your wisdom."

"Death is Opening Night Everything's that happened yesterday is a rehearsal for everything that will happen..."

"The fool who knows his folly Becomes wise by that fact.But the fool who thinks he's wise - He's called 'a fool' indeed!"

"The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23"

"The universe speaks to us, if we have the courage to see it for what it is."

"Closets Opening and Closing [10w] + [10w] You can take sweet gay men out of the closet;you can't take the closet out of the master-bedroom suite."

"People of limited intelligence are fond of talking about "these days,"imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of "these days"and that human nature changes with the times."

"What lies beneath the Semblance? What lies beneath the semblance.What lies beneath the semblance of lies.What lies beneath the semblance of lies!Lies lie beneath her semblance.Lies lie beneath her semblance.Lies, lies and more lies!"

"Immortality [10w] True immortality means you've created something that will outlive you."