Wisdom Quote by Helen Rowland — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“When you see what some girls marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living.”

“Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us.”

“Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.”

“This is what it means to say the heart is more than a pumping machine.”

“The lecture halls of the world are filled with senior citizens who seek greater knowledge and wisdom. The explanatory drive that was there when they were babies is still there now.”

“It does not take much to make us realize what fools we are, but the little it takes is long in coming.”

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