“For thousands of years, storytelling was a mechanism for teaching. While it was not the only mechanism, it was (and is) an important one. Through storytelling, the wisdom of elders was passed to the next generation.”— David Thornburg, tcpd.org
“"I watched young dogs when I was young. They were given bones to gnaw. Those of you whose teeth have fallen out did not gnaw on bones. This is my advice.”— Saparmurat Niyazov, telegraph.co.uk
“For the function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil; whereas, inasmuch as all things morally wrong are evil, trickery prefers the evil to the good.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.edu
“I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else's. I loved it not just for the many comforts of life here. I loved it for its decency, for its faith in the wisdom, justice, and goodness of its people. I loved it because it was not just a place, but an idea, a cause worth fightin…”— John McCain, en.wikiquote.org
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”— Chinese Proverb, amazon.com
“You know, whenever anybody is faced with a precarious or negative or odd situation in their life, they say, ‘If I had only done this or that.’ But everything for its purpose, I say, because you can’t go back. Things just happen, and when good things happen you try to perpetuate that, and when bad th…”— Julia Roberts, ew.com
“I'm better for all the things that have happened to me, the good and the bad.”— Julia Roberts, ew.com
“As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn't in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.”— Willie Nelson, amazon.com
“One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path.”— Osho, amazon.com
“Page-turners they were not. Yes, yes, yes. Wisdom they held, but that library contained nothing that the girl Rey does not already possess. Ah, Skywalker...still looking to the horizon. Never here! [pokes Luke with his walking stick] Now, hmm? The need in front of your nose!”— Rian Johnson, Yoda, Frank Oz, amazon.com
“You must unlearn what you have learned.”— Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, Yoda, Frank Oz, amazon.com
“I like nightmares. When I wake up, they leave me deeply valuing my reality.”— Willie Reale, Alice O'Neill, Taylor Mason, Asia Kate Dillon, imdb.com
“If you get everything you want the minute you want it, what's the point of living?”— Seo Kim, Somvilay Xayaphone, Jake the Dog, John DiMaggio, imdb.com
“I'm thankful for my years spent with this family, for everything we shared, every chance we had to grow. I'll take the best of them with me and lead by their example wherever I go. A friend told me to be honest with you, so here it goes. This isn't what I want, but I'll take the high road. Maybe it'…”— Erica Messer, Jennifer Jareau, A. J. Cook, imdb.com
“Maybe you've got to sit with the past before you can walk away from it.”— Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, Sheriff Merrill Dobson, Patrick St. Esprit, imdb.com