The Wise Quotes
A wise man will always be a Christian, because the perfection of wisdom is to know where lies tranquillity of mind and how to attain it, which Christianity teaches.
There's a strange something, which without a brain Fools feel, and which e'en wise men can't explain, Planted in man, to bind him to that earth, In dearest ties, from whence he drew his birth.
As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.
Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober, just?
Any one can give advice, such as it is, but only a wise man knows how to profit by it.
Almighty Power, by whose most wise command, helpless, forlorn, uncertain, here I stand, take this faint glimmer of thyself away, or break into my soul with perfect day!
Anyone starting to garden... would be wise to look around carefully and see what grows well in other people's yards.
Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.
A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.
Of the demonstrably wise there are but two: those who commit suicide, & those who keep their reasoning faculties atrophied with drink.
Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it.
He shall despise none, but hear the opinions of all. A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance.
It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him.
There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion.
If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.
I’ve always said that a wise businessperson will support the ANC… because supporting the ANC means you’re investing very well in your business
He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces him of his error, commands our veneration.
It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.
There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
You may use different sorts of sentences and illustrations before different sorts of audiences, but you don't -- if you are wise -- talk down to any audience.
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that
I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency - you may say goodness - of the human being.
Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference - in our own lives and those of others.
Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa.
No man is bound to be rich or great, - no, nor to be wise; but every man is bound to be honest.
Changi for me - of course it's easy to be wise after the event, and to discuss it cleverly after the event - was about as near as you can get to being dead and still be alive.
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: 'This too will pass.'
Whatever money you might have, self-worth really lies in finding out what you do best.
