Paulo Coelho Quote

The fool knows after he's suffered.

Hesiod

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

Henry David Thoreau

• Learning

I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.

Aeschylus

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Robert Frost

I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt.

Kirsten Dunst

The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly.

Michael Faraday

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

Abraham Lincoln

• Woman

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.

Niels Bohr

I know what it takes to put on a good show for the fans.

Justin Timberlake

You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.

James Joyce

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.

Herodotus

• Power

True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.

Saint Ignatius

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Tony Robbins

• People

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.

Tennessee Williams

• Suffering

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Theodore Roosevelt

I know, it's true. I've played these tortured teenagers. I can't wait to shed that image.

Claire Danes

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him.

Sophocles

First, don't forget Germany after the war was not the most exciting place. I didn't even know that one could make a living in fashion.

Karl Lagerfeld

But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here.

Liza Minnelli