Wise Quotes

See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can, see the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred fire, see the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired.

God lead us past the setting of the sun To wizard islands, of august surprise; God make our blunders wise.

A Writer says: read what I have written An historian says: listen to my lecture A critic says: listen to what I think A journalist says: let me tell you a story.

Whenever and wherever one encounters the arising and passing away of the mental-physical structure, one enjoys bliss and delight, which lead on to the deathless stage experienced by the wise

The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.

The difference between a 'wise guy' and a wise man is plenty!

Since love is folly, a foolish woman is more dangerous than a wise one.

I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care / Is whether he is a wise man or a fool. Go! put off holiness, / And put on intellect.

The wise man seeks little joys, knowing that life is long and that his quota of great joys is distinctly limited.

Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.

Sooner or later, a man if he is wise, discovers that life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory and defeat, give and take.

If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.

Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.

In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise.

Mock mockers after that That would not lift a hand maybe To help good, wise or great To bar that foul storm out, for we Traffic in mockery.

A man is sane morally at thirty, rich mentally at forty, wise spiritually at fifty-or never!

Many a maid have I won by a quarrel, when flattery was in no wise helpful; but take heed that thou art in the wrong, so that thou mayest acknowledge thine error.

Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.

A childlike mind in its simplicity practises that science of good to which the wise may be blind.

I don't have any dreams or aspirations or goals I want to meet music-wise, so there's nothing to keep me from being level-headed.

Just as a wise man can say something foolish, a fool can say something wise.

It would be an unspeakable advantage, both to the public and private, if men would consider that great truth, that no man is wise or safe but he that is honest.

Once you become very powerful and advanced, you must be willing to go back to school and start over, and go to a wise person who will show you the way. Very few people are willing to do that.

See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.

Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy of everyone else.

To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly is to be wise.

Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?

It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

For to be wise and love exceeds man's might.

If a house has no garden, the whole earth becomes its garden!

Wise words are like seeds. The more you scatter them, the more they will grow into infinite gardens of knowledge.

I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with many wonderful people from many walks of life. I have known rich and poor, famous and modest, wise and otherwise.

You can lose a friend in springtime easier than any other season if you're too curious.

The demands of the science, of the ethics and of the reason are superior to the demands of the people!

Ah, the magic of music, with it, all things are possible.

There will always be more questions. Every answer leads to more questions. The only way to survive is to let some of them go.

For the newborn and wise, everything begins small.

When the ignorant have become numerous or powerful enough, they have been referred to by a special name. This names is 'the Wise'.

I do this so you cannot help but hear. a wise man views a moonless night with fear.

God is the Creator of all things.

If it's true what is said, that only the wise discover the wise, then it must also be true that the lone wolf symbolizes either the biggest fool on the planet or the biggest Einstein on the planet.

How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast.

When the burden of life becomes heavier, when it starts crushing our shoulders with all its might, it is time to be stronger!

There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.

All choices are fraught with peril, but inaction is the most perilous of all.

If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear.

Wisdom comes from reflection.

There's always something when you're at fault, too, and that fault you must discover and learn to recognize and take the consequences of it.

There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand.