Wise Quotes
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I'm not really wise. But I can be cranky.
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Human opinions are formed by accident and hardened by repetition. We cling to acquired opinions only because they give the illusion of being wise opinions. This creates division and hostility between people.
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There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.
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Where we've been wise is that, while 'Monk' may have been a risk at the beginning, we've built its success and built on its success. We looked at what was working and why it was working.
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'Let byegones be byegones,' - they foolishly say,And bid me be wise and forget them;But old recollections are active to-day,And I can do nought but regret them.
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They in their desire for health commit themselves to physicians, but these people show no willingness to cast off the soul-sickness of their untrained grossness by resorting to wise men....
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Shamanic healing is a journey. It involves stepping out of our habitual roles, our conventional scripts, and improvising a dancing path.
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When Mark was playing last year, we weren't as good personnel-wise as we are now.
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Who looks in the sun will see no light else; but also he will see no shadow. Our life revolves unceasingly, but the centre is ever the same, and the wise will regard only the seasons of the soul.
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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
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It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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The star of Bethlehem was a star of hope that led the wise men to the fulfillment of their expectations, the success of their expedition. Nothing in this world is more fundamental for success in life than hope, and this star pointed to our only source for true hope: Jesus Christ.
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Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance.
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The experienced, wise, energetic, intelligent individual functioning in a loose coalition with others in a wide network is far more effective than he is in a tightly organized group.
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The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; ... the wise does neither.
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All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.
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At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
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For one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you are a wise man, Van Helsing.
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Who is wise in love, love most, say least.
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Letterman, despite whatever idiotic (or worse?) things he may have done with women on his staff, was wise enough to realize that silence isn't permanent and peace of mind can't be bought.
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I'm an early bird and I'm an owl. So I'm wise and I have worms.
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Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
