Wisdom Quote by Mark Twain — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.”

“I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town immediately.”

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”

“Be wise as a serpent and wary as a dove!”

“Everytime I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.”

“A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.”

“Some people would rather be right than free.”

“When you are trusted with power, you are trusted with the fragile.”

“Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts.”

“My friend Madea has "attitude" that comes with wisdom. Back in our teens and twenties, we thought we knew everything and made all those foolish mistakes. Then, when we got a little older, at thirty, we started getting these flashes of light, revelations of what a great and lucky thing it is that we didn't get caught doing those stupid things back then. Around forty, if we are lucky, we stop lying to ourselves. Fifty and above, we've run out of patience for foolishness. Take me to the bottom line.”

“My soul is in the sky.”

“The deeper life begins when we stop editing our heart before God.”