Wisdom Quote by Robert Heinlein — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see the old woman she will become. A better artist can look at an old woman and see the pretty girl that she used to be. But a great artist-a master-and that is what Auguste Rodin was-can look at an old woman, protray her exactly as she is...and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be...and more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo, or even you, see that this lovely young girl is still alive, not old and ugly at all, but simply prisoned inside her ruined body. He can make you feel the quiet, endless tragedy that there was never a girl born who ever grew older than eighteen in her heart...no matter what the merciless hours have done to her. Look at her, Ben. Growing old doesn't matter to you and me; we were never meant to be admired-but it does to them.”

“Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.”

“A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.”

“When we want something, we have to have a clear purpose in mind for the thing that we want. The only reason for seeking a reward is to know what to do with that reward”

“originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.”

“When one starts a new chapter, the page shouldn’t be messy with commentary but white and crisp, ready for one’s best self.”

“It is better to listen to a crow that lives in trees than to a learned man who lives only in ideas.”

“A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies”

“Grandmother didn’t answer, not directly anyway, as most great masters do. They never say”