Dora Russell Quotes

Take ye counsel together in all matters, inasmuch as consultation is the lamp of guidance which leadeth the way, and is the bestower of understanding.

It is said that the night brings counsel, but it is not said that the counsel is necessarily good.

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.

Don't let your heart get big because of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the scholar.

Do not seek advice from the ignorant.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

The best vision is insight.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.

Night is the mother of counsels.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

Ignorance never settles a question.