Flower, Antoine de Saint-Exupery

One should never listen to the flowers. One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach 4,19

THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

But if they turn away from me, I will abandon them and deliver them over to robbers.

- Sirach 4,19

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach 4,17-18

THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

I will walk with them in disguise, and at first I will test them with trials. Fear and dread I will bring upon them and I will discipline them with my constraints. When their hearts are fully with me, then I will set them again on the straight path and reveal my secrets to them.

- Sirach 4,17-18

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach 4,16

THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

If they remain faithful, they will possess me; their descendants too will inherit me.

- Sirach 4,16

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach 4,15

THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

Whoever obeys me will judge nations; whoever listens to me will dwell in my inmost chambers.

- Sirach

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach 4,14

THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

Those who serve her serve the Holy One; those who love her the Lord loves.

- Sirach 4,14

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach

THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

Those who hold her fast will attain glory, and they shall abide in the blessing of the LORD.

- Sirach 4,13

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach 4,12

THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

Those who love her love life; those who seek her out win the LORD’s favor.

- Sirach 4,12

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach

THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

Wisdom teaches her children and admonishes all who can understand her.

- Sirach 4,11

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

Wisdom, British Proverb

All is not gold that glitters.

- British Proverb

Paradise, Aaron Hotchner

Aaron Hotchner: Thomas Fuller wrote, "A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell."

- Aaron Hotchner, Criminal Minds [4x04 Paradise (Oct 22, 2008)]

Wisdom, Western Proverb

Every cloud has a silver lining.

- Western Proverb

守得云开见月明

- 西諺

Wisdom, Book of Proverbs

On the countenance of a discerning person is wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

+ Proverbs 17, 24

[17:24] Wisdom is visible on the countenance (i.e., mouth, lips, tongue) of the wise person; its ultimate source is the heart. Fools have no such source of wisdom within them, a point that is nicely made by referring to the eye of the fool, roving over the landscape.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Personality, Western Proverb

Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.

- Western Proverb

Universe, Albert Einstein

I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Advice, Book of Proverbs

Of what use is money in the hands of fools when they have no heart to acquire wisdom?

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 16

[17:16] The exhortation to acquire or purchase wisdom is common in Proverbs. Fools misunderstand the metaphor, assuming they can buy it with money. Their very misunderstanding shows they have no “heart” = mind, understanding. Money in the hand is no good without such a “heart” to store it in.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Wisdom, Chinese Proverb

A good rat will not injure the grain near its own hole.

- Chinese Proverb

Wisdom, Catalan Proverb

Com més vell més poc cervell.'
Idiomatic translation: ”Wisdom goes not always by years.”
Meaning: Age will not refrain people from acting foolish and unprudent.

- Catalan Proverb

Strauss, Emanuel (1998). Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs (Abbreviated ed.). Routledge. p. 39. ISBN 0415160502.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Catalan_proverbs

Wisdom, Western Proverb

Painted flowers have no scent.

- Western Proverb

Wisdom, Western Proverb

If you would enjoy the fruit, pluck not the flower.

- Western Proverb