The Wise Quotes

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.

Like attracts like. Whatever the conscious mind thinks and believes. the subconscious identically creates.

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

If the traveller can find A virtuous and wise companion Let him go with him joyfully And overcome the dangers of the way. But if you cannot find Friend or master to go with you, Travel on alone.

History repeats itself.

He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated.

Your giving is sacred and therefore should be kept secret. It is wise to give quietly with no strings attached.

Will it not be wise to allow the friendship between nations to rest upon deep and permanent things? Irritations of the cuticle must not be confounded with heart failure.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

We are wise women, we are giggling girls. We both carry a smile to show when we're pleased, we both carry a switchblade in our sleeves.

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

As long as you can start, you are all right. The juice will come.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

Usually, when you can't overcome the obstacles in your path, it's not your path.

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.

The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee.

The song and the land are one.

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.

The wise man once said invest young

No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.

Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.

Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.

A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.

Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible.

Do you want to be wise? Choose wise friends

Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of the world.

Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.

Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and philosophers have all died of gout.

If you are aware of your humility, then you are arrogant.

Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.

Through vigilance, restraint and control the wise will construct and island that no flood will overcome.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.

Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.

They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.

We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.

To claim power over what you do not understand is not wise, nor is the end of it likely to be good.

I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.'

Wise men don't judge: they seek to understand.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

I believe in a sound, strong environmental policy that protects the health of our people and a wise stewardship of our nation's natural resources.

By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed.

The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend himself.

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.