Who Will Teach the Wisdom Quotes

“Cast not a stranger from the warmth of your fire You too may be a stranger some day.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“Even a thirsty man will not drink at the river where a crocodile waits.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“The pain of getting to where you want to be is great, the pain of remaining where you are is greater.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“Our vision controls our perception which becomes our perspective - and thus our reality.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“To criticize is to be despised. To counsel is to be revered.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“If you keep questioning your direction, you'll never complete your journey.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“It's not the journey down the wrong path that is tedious, it's the long journey back.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“Wisdom can be offered only by those from whom wisdom flows.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“In Africa custom, impatience will get you nowhere.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“Teach me not what to think, teach me only to think.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“For you to arrive at your destination you must first begin your journey.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“The one who is able to hear but who will not hear is deafer than the one who cannot hear.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“You cannot live in peace with others if you cannot live in peace with yourself.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“A man cannot progress far with a heavy burden, just as he cannot progress far with a heavy heart.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“The questions of the night will be answered by the dawn.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“A bird doesn't know it can fly until it leaves it's nest”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“There are many warnings before the storm.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“The sweetest water comes from the deepest pool.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“When the pupil is ready the teacher will arrive.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“Do not be deviated from your journey by the chatter of monkeys”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“Better to hunt for the leopard than have the leopard hunt for you.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“You need only light your lantern to dispel the fears of the night.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“It's not where the dogs bark that danger lurks. It's from the silence of the shadows where you hear no bark.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“The lion is not easily distracted by the mindless chatter of monkeys.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“It is the old logs which burn the longest.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom

“Our time is too short to waste walking down paths to nowhere.” The old man averted his gaze away from the cooking fire and covered his shoulders with a threadbare blanket the usefulness of which seemed long since to have been served. It reeked of wood smoke and stale tobacco. I knew at that moment he would give me the benefit of his wisdom. I didn’t want to lead our conversation too quickly in the direction I intended. Africa is timeless and so are her people. The minutes and the hours are unknown computations of a span irrelevant. Time is unimportant and its purpose trivial. Its allotment is measured only by the purpose of a mind composed.”
― Timothy Bax, Who Will Teach the Wisdom