Wise Man Quotes
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The wise man delights in water, the Good man delights in mountains. For the wise move; but the Good stay still. The wise are happy; but the good secure.
Confucius
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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
Lao Tzu
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A fool learns nothing from a wise man; but a wise man learns from a fool.
Gautama Buddha
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The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling.
Lao Tzu
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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
Aristotle
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Aristotle
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The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.
Confucius
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A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
Gautama Buddha
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Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death.
Jacoby Shaddix
Papa Roach
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Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.
Confucius
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It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
Xenophanes
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A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
Thomas Hobbes