Unexpected Wisdom Quotes

Wisdom oft comes from the mouth of babes.

Your understanding of another person is limited by what you think you already know. So when you just listen, the person you meet won't match your preconception. The exciting thing is that you usually meet someone much wiser and kinder than you expected. You might also lose track of your ideas about who you are.

Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.

You know it's time to step back and take a long, hard look at yourself when a New York City cabbie is giving you life advice.

Just as a wise man can say something foolish, a fool can say something wise.

I met a genius on the train today about 6 years old, he sat beside me and as the train ran down along the coast we came to the ocean and then he looked at me and said, it’s not pretty.

If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out.

When an alluring woman comes in at the door," warningly traced the austere Kien-fi on the margin of his well-known essay, "discretion may be found up the chimney". It is incredible that beneath this ever-timely reminder an obscure disciple should have added the words: "The wiser the sage, the more profound the folly.

The Metallica film was like this incredible life experience where I learned the most through guys that stereotypically you would think couldn't offer much to you. That's what I love about the film: It explodes your stereotype of them - they're not just a bunch of lugheads banging on the guitar.

The biggest fool may come out with a bit of sense when you least expect it.

Life is just a series of peaks and troughs. And you don't know whether you're in a trough until you're climbing out, or on a peak until you're coming down. And that's it you know, you never know what's round the corner. But it's all good. "If you want the rainbow, you've gotta put up with the rain." Do you know which "philosopher" said that? Dolly Parton. And people say she's just a big pair of tits.

A fop sometimes gives important advice.

Yes, God uses the uneducated to confound the wise. But that doesn't make ignorance a virtue.

On the surface, 'Book of Mormon' is extremely irreverent, but underneath, there's a great sweetness and a very positive message.

Sometimes a fool makes a good suggestion.

Even the idiot may have a message for us

The wisest man may be a blind father.

I'm interested in the things that might seem slight or amusing but which I feel have a kind of profundity.

Be brave. Be open-minded. Be kind. Be forgiving. Be generous. Be optimistic. Be grateful for the many unexpected lessons you will learn. Find the joy inside the hardship. It's there. I assure you. And, too, be open to inspiration from unlikely sources.

All of us know about learning life's lessons through pain, struggle, and loss. But few of us realize that it is often the gentlest lessons that teach us most. Serendipity can instruct us as much as sorrow.

Isn't it interesting what a stranger can offer? A little wisdom, a little mercy, a little love.

That's the thing about lessons, you always learn them when you don't expect them or want them.