#wisdom

"A Moment Before Impact [10w] The deer's eyes were moonstones, reflecting back my car's headlights."

"Area 51 [20w] If aliens were truly looking for intelligent life on earth,what the fuck were they thinking going to New Mexico?"

"Snob [10w[ I'm throwing a party so exclusive I'm not even invited."

"Styx Haiku Boatman refusesto paddle me down the Styx.'No carry-on baggage."

"Whatever you do, let it be lovely."

"I listen with attention to the judgment of all men;but so far as I can remember,I have followed none but my own."

"the only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion, and studying all modes in which it can be looked at by every character of mind. No wise man ever acquired his wisdom in any mode but this; nor is it in the nature of human intellect to become wise in any other manner."

"Nothing carries meaning. People carry meaning. We are the porters of importance."

"Reading makes you ready for the world. A man who doesn’t read is a man who is easily deceived. You must find that man and make him sign a contract, and you must do it before Satan does. Trust me, the profits are HUGE!"

"All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words."

"For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress -- to the future."

"When your tears become invisible, disappear"

"When I start a new seminar I tell my students that I will undoubtedly contradict myself, and that I will mean both things. But an acceptance of contradiction is no excuse for fuzzy thinking. We do have to use our minds as far as they will take us, yet acknowledge that they cannot take us all the way."

"I think I've discovered the secret of life -- you just hang around until you get used to it."

"To turn your dreams into reality, all your resources, efforts and concentration should be aligned in the same direction."

"Is it not by learning to read the book of nature with the eyes of faith that we come to recognize the drop of divinity that resides in our own souls though hidden, master? In the end is this not faith; to seek the light that takes us further, the light of Christ that brings that to which reason and knowledge alone can never raise itself? This is truth!"

"God vs. Satan [10w] Why can't God and Satan get along?They're both detail-oriented."

"People are always complaining that life's not fair, but that simply isn't true. Life is extraordinarily fair. It's just not centered on you."

"Socrates [10w] "I know less than you.That's how smart I am!"

"Feet sandaled with dreams tread paths of vision leading to wisdom’s sharp peaks."