Wise Quotes
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The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.
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How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
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Wise men wrote the Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it into an instrument of arbitrary judicial power, instead of a limitation on all government power.
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The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.
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It's a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don't know about you, but I make plenty. You can't turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.
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Be not with honor's gilded baits beguil'd, Nor think ambition wise, because 'tis brave; For though we like it, as a forward child, 'Tis so unsound, her cradle is the grave.
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Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.
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...now...that I am a wise person. As for me, I wish there were some more of us in the world, for I find it lonesome.
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God Almighty never created a man half as wise as he looks.
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It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.
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Wise travelers always stop short before they come to danger.
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We are not meant to stay wounded. We are supposed to move through our tragedies and challenges and to help each other move through the many painful episodes of our lives. By remaining stuck in the power of our wounds, we block our own transformation. We overlook the greater gifts inherent in our wounds - the strength to overcome them and the lessons that we are meant to receive through them. Wounds are the means through which we enter the hearts of other people. They are meant to teach us to become compassionate and wise.
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Through neglect, ignorance, or inability, the new intellectual Borgias cram hairballs down our throats and refuse us the convulsion that could make us well. They have forgotten, if they ever knew, the ancient knowledge that only by being truly sick can one regain health. Even beasts know when it is good and proper to throw up. Teach me how to be sick then, in the right time and place, so that I may again walk in the fields and with the wise and smiling dogs know enough to chew sweet grass.
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Nobody's safe, humor wise.
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The assembled souls of all that men held wise.
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It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.
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I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.
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Whenever and wherever one encounters the arising and passing away of the mental-physical structure, one enjoys bliss and delight, which lead on to the deathless stage experienced by the wise.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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Great! I've written something stupid, but I haven't signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my stupidity...and here I am, reborn.
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With everyone born human, a poet - an artist - is born, who dies young and who is survived by an adult.
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Though we may prefer ourselves to the universe, we nonetheless loathe ourselves much more than we suspect. If the wise man is so rare a phenomenon, it is because he seems unshaken by the aversion which, like all beings, he must feel for himself.
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Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.
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To please the many is to displease the wise.
