Wisdom Quote by Wendelin Van Draanen — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“A painting is more than the sum of its parts,' he would tell me, and then go on to explain how the cow by itself is just a cow, and the meadow by itself is just grass and flowers, and the sun peeking through the trees is just a beam of light, but put them all together and you've got magic.”

“I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.”

“Proper lighting is everything, Julianna.”

“What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.”

“What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.”

“While wisdom dictates the need for education, education does not necessarily make one wise.”

“There are moments when understanding arrives without words — and once it does, you know that life has already changed.”

“Knowledge is no lover to the closed mind.”

“‎They are angry with me, because I know what I am." Said the little eagle. "How do you know that they are angry with you?" "Because, they despise me for wanting to soar, they only want me to peck at the dirt, looking for ants, with them. But I can't do that. I don't have chicken feet, I have eagle wings." "And what is so wrong with having eagle wings and no chicken feet?" Asked the old owl. "I'm not sure, that's what I'm trying to find out." "They hate you because you know that you are an eagle and they want you to think you are a chicken so that you will peck at the ground looking for ants and worms, so that you will never know that you are an eagle and always think yourself a chicken. Let them hate you, they will always be chickens, and you will always be an eagle. You must fly. You must soar." Said the old owl.”

“Today the order of life allows no room for the ego to draw spiritual or intellectual conclusions. The thought which leads to knowledge is neutralized and used as a mere qualification on specific labor markets and to heighten to commodity value of the personality.”