Wise Quotes
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... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing this, they have reached a stage at which they could see from God's point of view.
Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Wisdom is not mathematical, nor astronomical, nor zoological; when it talks too much of any one thing it ceases to be itself. There are wise physicists, but wisdom is not physical; there are wise physicians, but wisdom is not medical.
George Sarton
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The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.
Seneca the Younger
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Where are the leaders?' Sapphique asked. 'In the fortresses,' the swan replied. 'And the poets?' 'Lost in dreams of other worlds.' 'And the craftsmen?' 'Forging machines to challenge the darkness.' 'And the Wise, who made the world?' The swan lowered its black neck sadly. 'Dwindled to crones and sorcerers in towers.
Catherine Fisher
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
Seneca the Younger
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A wise man sees failure as progress. A fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic, And loses his soul in the process.
Canibus
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Only fools think they’re wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can.
Charles de Lint
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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
George Eliot
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
Seneca the Younger
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There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
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Every human being has a right to hear what other wise human beings have spoken to him. It is one of the Rights of Men; a very cruel injustice if you deny it to a man!
Thomas Carlyle
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Each one of us regardless of our situation, is in our search of our most authentic, vital, generous and wise self.
Elizabeth Lesser
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I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.
Tina Turner Ike & Tina Turner
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Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
Cato the Elder
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Never try to sell at the top. It isn't wise. Sell after a reaction if there is no rally.
Jesse Livermore
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Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your speaking, but simply and with undivided mind for the truth of your speaking.
Thomas Carlyle
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The greatest thing for me football-wise is that it's a test of will.
Troy Polamalu
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Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise. Think only what concerns thee and thy being; Dream not of other worlds, what creatures there Live, in what state, condition, or degree, Contented that thus far hath been revealed.
John Milton
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The wise speak only of what they know.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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We have very little evidence to suggest that serious intellectuals converted to the Christian faith between the time of Paul and the mid-second century. Most converts would have been lower-class and uneducated. This was certainly true in Paul’s own day. In a letter to one of his largest congregations, he explicitly reminds the Corinthians about their own constituency: “Consider your calling, brothers and sisters: Not many of you were wise...
Bart Ehrman
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A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly will not a pair of bright eyes make pardonable? What dullness may not red lips are sweet accents render pleasant? And so, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are some of you who are neither handsome nor wise.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
Francis Chan
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What the wise seek is in themselves.
Confucius
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Socrates argued that only God can be a sophist, only God can be truly wise.
Bettany Hughes