“Past glories are poor feeding.”
More from Isaac Asimov on Wisdom
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
“There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.”
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
“The first step in making rabbit stew is catching the rabbit.”
“It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.”
“Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.”
“People who don't expect justice don't have to suffer disappointment.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”