“She was not vain enough to work her will against the world. But she could use the things the world had given her.”
More from Patrick Rothfuss on Wisdom
“There's no clear water from a muddy well. All you can do is let the silt settle until the water clears otherwise it will taste sour. (paraphrased)”
“Answers were always important, but they were seldom easy.”
“She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not to talk in my sleep.”
“Pride and folly, they go together like two tightly grasping hands.”
“Patience and propriety. It was the only graceful thing to do.”
“I do this so you cannot help but hear. a wise man views a moonless night with fear.”
“It's quite enough to have a secret. Anything more would be greedy.”
“Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.”
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.”