The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others".

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.

As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

There are three types of friends: those like food without which you can't live those like medicine which you need occasionally and those like an illness which you never want.

There is music you never hear unless you play it yourself.

Perhaps success is best defined as maximizing the ratio of your rear wheel horsepower to your engine horsepower. Higher %, happier times.

i miss my brother likethe sea would miss saltif that were taken away.

Over time, passion wanes, differences don't.

We have so committed ourselves in different ways that we have hardly any time for self-reflection, to observe, to study.

Boom, boom, foom, poom! He just ran right at 'em!

Now Jesus don't like killin'/No matter what the reason's for.

Life without Love is as a flower without fragrance.

Nobody stands out right now. Everybody has similar styles. None of these fighters have reinvented the wheel and created a new style.

Sleater-Kinney's biggest momentum was from the press - that, second to Radiohead, they got more positive press than any other band in America in the 90s.