The Wise Quotes

What the wise seek is in themselves

The gods never let us love and be wise at the same time.

The wind in a man's face makes him wise.

Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur

The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as many as possible of the activities needed to turn out the product.

There is a city in which you find everything you desire-handsome people, pleasures, ornaments of every kind-all that the natural person craves. However, you cannot find a single wise person there.

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise.

Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running.

It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.

Everything that human beings feel, we feel. We can become extremely wise and sensitive to all of humanity and the whole universe simply by knowing ourselves, just as we are.

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.

Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views

The wise realize that some things are within their control, and most things are not. They learn early on to distinguish between what they can and can't regulate.

A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but studies them. Indeed, he or she is often in them, working to make change happen.

If we judge others, it is because we are judging something in ourselves of which we are unaware.

The wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.

If silence is good for the wise, how much better is it for the foolish!

A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

The Navy is very old and very wise.

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better.

Our Heavenly Father is far too wise and loves us far too much to give us everything we ask for.

Again and again I find that my own inner counselor, my secret dreaming self, is not only wise and helpful but usually amusing as well.

People cannot go wrong, if you don't let them. They cannot go right, unless you let them.

To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth. It's futile to gaze at the world through a car window.

Death is God's way of telling you not to be such a wise guy.

You should always be aware that your head creates your world.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.

Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate. Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight.

Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.

The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; some do both; and the wise does neither

The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.

Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

Bad friends could ruin your whole life. Be wise when it comes to choosing your friends. You set the standard. You be the one who stands strong. Don't be a follower.

Our target market is recreational bettors, but that doesn't mean we expel the wise guys. A big bet for us is maybe $10,000.

If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.

Don't look for flaws as you go through life and even when you find them it is wise and kind to be somewhat blind, and look for the virtue behind them.

...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing.

Don't let you mind wander - it's far too small to be let out on its own.

All things and all people in life have to sink or swim on their own merits, not their reputation; that just as a wise man can say a foolish thing, a fool can say something wise.

Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.

Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas, it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. [It is wise to be grateful of what we have while we have it.]