Quotes about wise
wise men good-man
It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good. Henry Fielding
wise trying storytelling
We actually try our best to be non-biased, but for me, that was the best movie ["Sicario"], filmmaking-wise and storytelling-wise, and connected to me the most. I thought it was great. John Krasinski
wise wisdom knows
Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise. Johann Kaspar Lavater
wise conscience
The conscience is more wise than science.
wise blood silence
Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood, he is of celestial descent.
wise men games
It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.
wise mind restless
There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.
wise men errors
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.
wise lying fool
It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
wise book men
Beware of a man of one book.
wise years people
People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep ourselves as wise as we were.
wise men half
Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.
wise branches may
He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that.
wise unity guides
Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better.
wise lying character
There is nothing by which men display their character so much as in what they consider ridiculous... Fools and sensible men are equally innocuous. It is in the half fools and the half wise that the great danger lies.
wise competition underestimate
No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.
wise answers want
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
wise men fools-day
The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.
wise maturity names
What am I then...? Everything that I have seen, heard, and observed I have collected and exploited. My works have been nourished by countless different individuals, by innocent and wise ones, people of intelligence and dunces. Childhood, maturity and old age all have brought me their thoughts....their perspectives on life. I have often reaped what others have sowed. My work is the work of a collective being that bears the name Goethe.
wise government people
It is a maxim of wise government to treat people not as they should be but as they actually are.
wise stupid thinking
Who can think wise or stupid things at all that were not thought already in the past. [Ger., Wer kann was Dummes, wer was Kluges denken, Das nicht die Vorwelt schon gedacht.]
wise wisdom literature
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
wise live-life men
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
wise nature hate
Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends. She has brought me here and will also lead me away. She may scold me, but she will not hate her work. I trust her.
wise wish answers
If you wish a wise answer, you must put a rational question.
wise wisdom men
Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.
wise wisdom time
All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience.
wise dream attitude
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
wise jobs stress
I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good. Joe Torre
wise confused suffering
Since we are already Buddhas, happy and suffering Buddhas, wise and confused Buddhas, we are already Buddha. Joan Halifax
wise hard-work needs
Performance-wise, you really need to be down in the trenches; you need to do the hard work, for a lot of reasons: To build yourself as a performer, to get a sense of the audience, to work hard and to wonder, 'Do I really want to do this?' Joan Jett
wise thinking past
I think that we honor ourselves by honoring our past. Jimi Hendrix
wise dream past
May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future.