Wise Quotes
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It's a wise person, I guess, who knows he's dumb, and an honest person who knows he's a liar. And it's a dumb person, I guess, whose convinced he's wise...-Bob Slocum
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Whatever you do in your life, try to become a kind, and wise human being.
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He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living.
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A man is sane morally at thirty, rich mentally at forty, wise spiritually at fifty-or never!
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Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.
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Oh, I never meant, in my old age, to become subject to the thrall of a love like this; it is almost dreadful, so absorbing, so stirring down to the deeps. For the tiny creature is so old and wise and sweet, and so fascinating in his sturdy common sense and clear intelligence; and his affection for me is a wonderful, exquisite thing, the sweetest flower that has bloomed for me in all my life through.
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If the universe is so bad...how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator?
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The why is plain as way to parish church: He that a fool doth very wisely hit Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob; if not, The wise man's folly is anatomiz'd Even by the squand'ring glances of the fool.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"
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You can't get wise with sleep still in your eyes no matter what your dream might be.
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No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master.
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Planning is like taking on blinders. I think it is a wise thing to be open to whatever shows up on your doorstep.
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Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who is its object; justice is love serving only Him who is its object, and therefore rightly ruling; prudence is love making wise distinction between what hinders and what helps itself.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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I remember a story of a girl in Paradise who ate an apple once. Some wise Sapient gave it to her. Because of it she saw things differently. What had seemed gold coins were dead leaves. Rich clothes were rags of cobweb. And she saw there was a wall around the world, with a locked gate.
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So wise so young, they say, do never live long.
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Develop the wise art of being radically truthful and remaining considerate, thoughtful, and safe.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me which is deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realized only by the wise.
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The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
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But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.
