Quotes about wisdom
wisdom art sage
The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
wisdom giving advice
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
wisdom fool
A fool and his money are quickly parted. Jeff Bridges
wisdom inspiration doe
A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all. Georges Bernanos
wisdom wall men
A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a pipe, whose fragments are thrown away at a street corner. The fragments of an intellect are always good. George Sand
wisdom battle
Most battles are won before they are ever fought. George S. Patton
wisdom worry too-much
Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away. Jean Racine
wisdom may hens
It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods. Jim Hightower
wisdom lying thinking
I love advertising because I love lying. I think spending your life trying to dupe innocent people out of hard-won earnings to buy useless, low-quality, misrepresented items and services is an excellent use of your energy. Jerry Seinfeld
wisdom people history
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. James A. Baldwin
wisdom stupid men
No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity. Jacques Yves Cousteau
wisdom struggle writing
It's funny, because in deference to conventional wisdom, I spent my struggling writer years trying to suppress my naturally baroque literary voice and write clean, spare prose. I finally gave up and embraced my baroque tendencies when I wrote the Kushiel series. Jacqueline Carey
wisdom waking wake-up
No objects of value are worth risking the priceless experience of waking up one more day. Jack Smith
wisdom people anxiety
Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties. Fulton J. Sheen
wisdom done may
So that we may not be like the Athenians, who never consulted except after the event done. [Fr., Afin que ne semblons es Athenians, qui ne consultoient jamais sinon apres le cas faict.] Francois Rabelais
wisdom educational creativity
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. Francis Bacon
wisdom science knowing
A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms. George Wald
wisdom 4th-of-july government
The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government. George Washington
wisdom men intelligence
Men almost universally have acknowledged providence, but that fact has had no force to destroy natural aversions and fears in the presence of events. George Santayana
wisdom philosophy roots
The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.
wisdom words-of-wisdom disillusionment
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
wisdom long perspective
Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an intrinsic vitality of which youth is incapable, precisely, the balance and wisdom that come from long perspectives and broad foundations
wisdom lying men
Man has an inexhuastible faculty for lying, especially to himself.
wisdom understanding dignity
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
wisdom time funny-life
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. George Orwell
wisdom charming-smile clothes
The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile.
wisdom lying believe
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal. And it all comes from lying - lying to others and to yourself. Fyodor Dostoevsky
wisdom men people
It is not enough to prove something, one also has to seduce or elevate people to it. That is why the man of knowledge should learns how to speak his wisdom: and often in such a way that it sounds like folly! Friedrich Nietzsche
wisdom brother self
Behind your thoughts and feelings, my brother, there stands a mighty ruler. an unknown sage - whose name is self. In yourt body he dwells; he is your body. There is more reason in your body than in your best wisdom.
wisdom intelligence growth
The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill-temper.
wisdom lonely thinking
I go in solitude, so as not to drink out of everybody's cistern. When I am among the many I live as the many do, and I do not think I really think; after a time it always seems as if they want to banish myself from myself and rob me of my soul.
wisdom princess men
Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man. Franz Grillparzer
wisdom islamic humanity
For the larger interest of humanity, Islamic society presents the safest place on this planet. Jermaine Jackson