The Wise Quotes
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.
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.
No man is bound to be rich or great, - no, nor to be wise; but every man is bound to be honest.
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.
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.
I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency - you may say goodness - of the human being.
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
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.
There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.
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.
Law is nothing else but the best reason of wise men applied for ages to the transactions and business of mankind.
The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.
The will is free; Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful; The seeds of godlike power are in us still; Gods are we, bards, saints, heroes, if we will!
Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.
The secret of the receptive Must be sought in stillness; Within stillness there remains The potential for action.
If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin Then mister you’re a better man than I
Be as soft as possible, if something good and wise wants to shape you; be as hard as possible, if something bad and foolish wants to shape you!
A MAN FEARED A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other.
And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work-wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow.
We shall not fail - if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.
Note to the wise: whenever someone insists that he wants to buy something from you, but tells you there's no real value in it yet, two things are happening: he's lying, and you're being taken.
Scandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise.
Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good.
Time can but make it easier to be wise / Though now it seems impossible, and so / All that you need is patience.
