Quotes about wise
wise character men
In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies. Isaac Watts
wise lying lows
The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.
wise divinity rising
To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
wise men color
As a blind man has no idea of colors, so we have no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things. Isaac Newton
wise philosophy ocean
. . . Newton was an unquestioning believer in an all-wise creator of the universe, and in his own inability - like the boy on the seashore - to fathom the entire ocean in all its depths. He therefore believed that there were not only many things in heaven beyond his philosophy, but plenty on earth as well, and he made it his business to understand for himself what the majority of intelligent men of his time accepted without dispute (to them it was as natural as common sense) - the traditional account of the creation.
wise skills medicine
Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription.
wise humble men
Conceit is a privilege of the ignorant; the wise man is humble because he knows how little he knows. Isabel Allende
wise lying believe
If God does not exist, and if religion is an illusion that the majority of men cannot live without ... let men believe in the lies of religion since they cannot do without them, and let then a handful of sages, who know the truth and can live with it, keep it among themselves. Men are then divided into the wise and the foolish, the philosophers and the common men, and atheism becomes a guarded, esoteric doctrine - for if the illusions of religion were to be discredited, there is no telling with what madness men would be seized, with what uncontrollable anguish. Irving Kristol
wise kindness ravens
Cruel birds, ravens, but wise. And creatures should be loved for their wisdom if they cannot be loved for kindness. Hannah Kent
wise art mind
You never really know what the director has got in his mind as far as the scene visually and art direction wise. Guy Pearce
wise people choices
Defy the crowd. The crowd isn’t always wise. It can also lead you down a path of silliness, sub-optimal choices, and downright destruction. Enchantment is as necessary for people to diverge from a crowd as it is to get people to join one. Guy Kawasaki
wise smoking drug
I've never smoked crack. I've never done most things, drug-wise. But I assume that the experience I had watching Lost is the experience that crack addicts have smoking crack. Ginnifer Goodwin
wise love-you blow
Don't blow your tomorrows, don't throw away your love. You've got to be wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove. Gerry Rafferty
wise law people
The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law what has already become the custom of the people. Gregory Bateson
wise men use
Some tools of thought are so blunt that they are almost useless; others are so sharp that they are dangerous. But the wise man will have the use of both kinds.
wise needs popularity
what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise. Indira Gandhi
wise thinking light
When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about Ingmar Bergman
wise new-experiences going-away
As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter. Jack Kornfield
wise spiritual real
If you want to love, take the time to listen to your heart. In most ancient and wise cultures it is a regular practice for people to talk to their heart. There are rituals, stories, and meditative skills in every spiritual tradition that awaken the voice of the heart. To live wisely, this practice is essential, because our heart is the source of our connection to and intimacy with all of life. And life is love. This mysterious quality of love is all around us, as real as gravity... Yet how often we forget about love....
wise spiritual and-love
The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
wise spiritual heart
The true task of spiritual life is not found in faraway places or unusual states of consciousness. It is here in the present. It asks of us a welcoming spirit to greet all that life presents to us with a wise, respectful, and kindly heart. We can bow to both beauty and suffering, to our entanglements and confusion, to our fears and to the injustices of the world. Honoring the truth in this way is the path to freedom. Jack Canfield
wise prayer mean
God has spoken to man, and the Bible is his Word, given to us to make us wise unto salvation... Godliness means responding to God's revelation in trust and obedience, faith and worship, prayer and praise, submission and service. Life must be seen and lived in the light of God's Word. This, and nothing else, is true religion. J. I. Packer
wise nature men
A wise man can do no better than to turn from the churches and look up through the airy majesty of the wayside trees with exultation, with resignation, at the unconquerable uncomplicated sun. Llewelyn Powys
wise color two
I'm always kind of contradictory to what people want and what's selling. But maybe I should care now because I have two or three more outlets. I have to be more adaptable color-wise to what people want. It's usually just black and pink, and that's it. Manolo Blahnik
wise hands acting
I'm from Denver, and there is really nothing acting-wise to do there except for theater. I did everything I could get my hands on until I was able to make it to L.A. Madisen Beaty
wise world foolish
God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. Madeleine L'Engle
wise believe color
But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn't it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and sensible . . . and good? What would we find to talk about? Lucy Maud Montgomery
wise mature young
Anne laughed and sighed. She felt very old and mature and wise — which showed how young she was.
wise character greatness
She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will,' then her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great. Louisa May Alcott
wise silly gossip
You have grown abominably lazy, and you like gossip, and waste time on frivolous things, you are contented to be petted and admired by silly people, instead of being loved and respected by wise ones.
wise school home
Many wise and true sermons are preached us everyday by unconscious ministers in street, school, office, or home; even a fair table may become a pulpit, if it can offer the good and helpful words which are never out of season.
wise children lying
My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child
wise men generations
Now we are expected to be as wise as men who have had generations of all the help there is, and we scarcely anything.