Wisdom

The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment, and an ever-present peril; both joy and sorrow as sharp as swords.

Defending the library service from the predations of ideologically-motivated public schoolboys who had immensely privileged childhoods isn’t ‘whining,’ it is the pursuit of passionately held beliefs.

When I was young, I admired old people.Now that I’m old, I admire wise people.When I was a youth, I admired strong people.Now that I’m old, I admire meek people.When I was an adult, I admired wealthy people.Now that I’m old, I admire happy people.

A great deal of creativity is about pattern recognition, and what you need to discern patterns is tons of data. Your mind collects that data by taking note of random details and anomalies easily seen every day: quirks and changes that, eventually, add up to insights.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do.

A man must be a Solomon before his magical ring will work.

Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

It cost nothing to be nice.

As long as one believes in philosophy, one is healthy; sickness begins when one starts to think.

Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me.

Truth can remain silent. Lies must be spoken.

Everyman has the ability to lie but luckily not everyman has the ability to hide their lies masterly!

The strange paradox of science is that it does not explain reality, it explains our fantasy. It is a beautiful thing.

Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be, like the reality of yesterday, an illusion tomorrow.

The beauty of a metaphor is it doesn't have to be real to ring true. The instant a metaphor becomes true it ceases to be a metaphor, which suggests a disconnect between truth and what's commonly referred to as reality.

I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.

Only if we understand our past, can we move forward to a brighter future.

The journey into wholeness means we have to learn to respect the other voice that speaks within us. It means to pay attention to our emotions, thoughts, dreams and fantasies even when they're unpleasant and objectionable.

Bring a mirror and let a dirty face recognize itself.