Wisdom Quotes
I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.
There's a dark side to everything.
What's the good of reaching 90, if you waste 89?
What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.
It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.
It's much easier to stay out of trouble now than to get out of trouble later.
Don't risk what is important to you, to get what is not important to you.
Knowing the edge of your competency is important. If you think you know more than you do, you will get in trouble.
Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the circle.
When people tell me they've learned from experience, I tell them the trick is to learn from other people's experience.
Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.
The more I see the less I know for sure.
I don't have any romanticism about any part of my past. I think of it only since it gave me pleasure or helped me grow psychologically. That is the only thing that interests me about yesterday. I don't believe in yesterday, by the way. You know I don't believe in yesterday. I am only interested in what I am doing now.
A lot of people have pretty little heads, but it's difficult to find a pretty little mind.
Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
A sincere compliment is always grateful to a lady, so long as you don't try to knock her down with it.
It is wiser to find out than to suppose.
Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.
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