Quotes about wise
wise views judging
While people judge others from their own moral standpoint, the wise person looks also at the point of view of another. Hazrat Inayat Khan
wise men goal
The peace for which every soul strives and which is the true nature of God and the utmost goal of a man is but the outcome of harmony.
wise art secret
What we call music in our everyday language is only a miniature, which our intelligence has grasped from that music or harmony of the whole universe which is working behind everything, and which is the source and origin of nature. It is because of this that the wise of all ages have considered music to be a sacred art. For in music the seer can see the picture of the whole universe; and the wise can interpret the secret and nature of the working of the whole universe in the realm of music.
wise mean soul
There is nothing better than music as a means for upliftment of the soul.
wise nature attention
When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.
wise views soul
... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing this, they have reached a stage at which they could see from God's point of view.
wise heart men
The wise man should keep the balance between love and power; he should keep the love in his nature ever increasing and expanding, and at the same time strengthen the will so that the heart may not easily be broken.
wise silence dignity
Silence is the adornment of the wise, and for the foolish the only dignity possible.
wise justice endure
That alone is wise which is just; that alone is enduring which is right. Henry George
wise wisdom taken
I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it. Hedy Lamarr
wise dream light
Many expressions in the New Testament come naturally to the lips of all Protestants, and it furnishes the most pregnant and practical texts. There is no harmless dreaming, no wise speculation in it, but everywhere a substratum of good sense. It never reflects, but it repents. There is no poetry in it, we may say, nothing regarded in the light of beauty merely, but moral truth is its object. All mortals are convicted by its conscience. Henry David Thoreau
wise wisdom ignorance
A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance.
wise wisdom men
All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
wise book reading
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
wise silly tree
One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul.
wise men voting
Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
wise book reading
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
wise wisdom business
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
wise fear reality
When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.
wise believe men
I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.
wise knowledge knowing
It is never wise to turn aside from knowing, however the knowing comes. Mary Stewart
wise powerful giving
It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old. Patricia Briggs
wise waiting reason
He loved her beyond all reason and didn't expect her to love him back. He was just waiting for her to wise up.
wise plato men
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. Plato
wise wise-words sufficient
A word to the wise is sufficient Plautus
wise god-provides goods
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
wise men advice
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
wise wisdom men
If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful.
wise men gold
May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man can either bear or employ.
wise exercise class
So the state founded on natural principles is wise as a whole in virtue of the knowledge inherent in its smallest constituent class, which exercises authority over the rest. And the smallest class is the one which naturally possesses that form of knowledge which alone of all others deserves the title of wisdom.
wise integrity men
It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.
wise ignorance evil
Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that of which he feels no want.
wise drinking reading
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading: Henny Youngman. He was a wise man who invented beer