Wise Age Quotes

Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength. ~ Bram Stoker

A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age. ~ Meat Loaf

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotations. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late ~ Benjamin Franklin

He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age ~ Plato

Phoebe asked me, "Tell me, what do you think of the afterlife?"
I was a bit nonplussed. I had no idea what she thought, but I knew that the question must be of greater interest to someone of her age than to me. But our conversation had been completely honest, and before I could speak, honesty and tact had joined hands in my answer. "I have no faith at all," I said, "but sometimes I have hope."
I rather think," she replied, "that total annihilation is the most comfortable position."
I was shaken. The horse clopped on. The children laughed behind us.
When I die," she said, "I don't expect to see any of my loved ones again. I'll just become a part of all this." She waved her hand at the surrounding countryside. "That's all right with me. ~ Sena Jeter Naslund

One way to find greater fulfillment in our work or career is to start with being. That is, be who we inherently are -- strong, creative, joyful, balanced, worthy, loving, free, powerful, wise, beautiful beings. This means letting go of the insecurities and feelings of unworthiness we carry around. Letting go of the need to control, or the desire to be small and hide. It means putting aside the masks we sometimes wear to help us feel important or safe. It means getting down to our true selves. ~ Kristi Bowman

In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing. ~ Antonio Porchia

But Frances was beginning to feel that somewhere along the line, property, business, and all that contributes to the creation of wealth, must give back to government enough to guarantee adequate safeguarding of human welfare. The question would be, how to protect human beings against homelessness, starvation, and dependent old age without breaking down human initiative. She was seeing this as one fundamental problem of the government of the future; seeing too that somewhere leaders must arise who will be able to cope with this problem - honest leaders who will see the problem in its many-sidedness, and at last be able to solve it constructively. ~ May Martin Van Wye

Never follow the crowd in what you do; the crowd has never produced anything of lasting quality, value or beauty. ~ Denis Waitley

Stars cannot rise higher than their own light, nor can shadows descend deeper than their own darkness. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Children are gentle and heed. Adults are tough and seize. Wise men and women have the strength and flexibility to do what's right. ~ Stefan Emunds

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. ~ John Tillotson

We are good souls with good heart for good deeds. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The relationship between catholicity and apostolicity defines the Church's mission in this and every age; and sometimes the relationship is tense. In our age, the temptation is to reduce the tension by emphasizing catholicity and "inclusivity" at the expense of apostolicity and "exclusivity". Sometimes this is done by setting compassion against truth. This is always a mistake, even when it is well intentioned. It isn't compassionate to tell people lies, and it isn't truthful to deprive anyone of the hope born of love. ~ Francis George

Healing must always seek to give voice to suffering, and the greater the range of words and meanings we have at our disposal, the clearer the voice becomes.
Iona Heath in BMJ 2000;320:125 ( 8 January) Review of the book Illness and Culture in the Postmodern Age by David Morris
~ Iona Heath

Misfortunes make us wise ~ Mary Norton

As an actor, I was taught, from an early age, that secrets are the most powerful thing that you can have on screen, and that what you withhold is as important as what you share. ~ Rose McIver

The "times," "the age" what is that, but a few profound persons and a few active persons who epitomize the times? ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. ~ Isaac Asimov

You need to add a new voice inside your head, one that says, "So what?" What if you don't get married by 30? So what? What if you haven't paid off your loans or debt by 35? So what? What if you're not a stand-out success by 28? So what? If you were to achieve everything you wanted in life by the age of 30, then what would you do for the next fifty years? You have time. You don't have to get to everything right now. ~ Alexandra Robbins

A little bit of gratuitous violence in a well-thought-out story is fine. ~ Ray Wise

I welcome all the signs indicating that a more manly and warlike age is commencing, which will, above all, bring heroism again into honour! ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

It is always wise to remember that others will survive even if we are not there taking care of them. I found out that I feel so much better when I take an hour a day, just to take care of me and love myself. It keeps me from feeling so put upon by everything and everybody and helps me get through the day. By taking my hour early in the morning, I feel like I get my love first and I get it when I am at my best. ~ Byllye Avery

Fuck Kerouac; he would write his own story. ~ Linda Collison

I look back on it, yeah, I'm in a much worse financial position than I was eight years ago. I'm going to have to go out at age 62 and kind of readdress some of that. ~ Bruce Babbitt

Pippin ordered Childeric III tonsured and sent to a monastery, where he died five years later, the last of the Merovingians. ~ Susan Wise Bauer

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. ~ Albert Einstein

I think, pretty much like everyone around my age, I grew up playing those classic video games. I wouldn't say I was addicted to them, but I definitely liked them. ~ Gene Luen Yang

Your friends tell me who you are, your enemies tell me who you are not. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If thy desire to raise thy fortunes encourage thy delights to the casts of fortune, be wise betimes, lest thou repent too late; what thou gettest, thou gainest by abused providence; what thou losest, thou losest by abused patience; what thou winnest is prodigally spent; what thou losest is prodigally lost; it is an evil trade that prodigally drives; and a bad voyage where the pilot is blind. ~ Francis Quarles

Consequently, the value and importance of the monarchic idea cannot reside in the person of the monarch himself except if Heaven decides to lay the crown on the brow of the heroic genius like Frederick the Great or a wise character like William I. ~ Adolf Hitler

Providence, that is the love of God, is very wise in turning away from the self-will of men, and in having nothing to do with them, and leaving them to their own devices, as long as they are intent on governing themselves, to show them to what depths of futility and sorrow their own helplessness is capable of dragging them. ~ Thomas Merton

This deeply free and public space plays a vital role in our world, equally important in our digital age as in Greco-Roman times, when they were marketplaces for goods and ideas. As common ground, squares are equitable and democratic; they have played a fundamental role in the development of free speech. ~ Catie Marron

Fish that boast in a pond should not boast in the ocean. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next. ~ William Ralph Inge

Nobody has ever felt pain but you,
agony is yours, make a necklace from it.
Chew it. Never spit it out.

You are the only one your age not
having fun. You are puzzled by life
because you were born one Sunday

too early. You will die on the wrong day too.
Try to drown more than once, preferably
in the same place. Fall in love.

Cut your tongue on him so many times
your language starts to bleed out
at the root. Reserve speech

only for begging. You are supposed to
want to dress like the girl at school
who pulled your hair. Hating yourself

is the diet for success. Let it bloat you.
Be the river that is always threatening
to burst. You are not special.

There is no pearl under your tongue. Your heart
has you by the throat. However hard
you try you will never fall back in love

with your life. ~ Beth McColl