Wisdom Quote by David Attenborough — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I don’t know [why we're here]. People sometimes say to me, ‘Why don’t you admit that the humming bird, the butterfly, the Bird of Paradise are proof of the wonderful things produced by Creation?’ And I always say, well, when you say that, you’ve also got to think of a little boy sitting on a river bank, like here, in West Africa, that’s got a little worm, a living organism, in his eye and boring through the eyeball and is slowly turning him blind. The Creator God that you believe in, presumably, also made that little worm. Now I personally find that difficult to accommodate…”

“A man must...not be content to do things well, but must also aim to do them gracefully.”

“Man lives as long as he learns.”

“Knowledge is knowing the depth of the ocean. Wisdom is knowing till where to swim.”

“A Sufi will say – Everything is beautiful, even the dirt that clings beneath my feet.”

“Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.”

“Anxiety, trauma and crisis are necessary catalysts to stimulate self-consciousness.”