Quotes about wise
wise book reading
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Henry David Thoreau
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 powerful kindness
The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer. Mahatma Gandhi
wise flower essence
Like the bee gathering honey from the different flowers, the wise person accepts the essence of the different scriptures and sees only the good in all religions.
wise moving order
I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality
wise spiritual prayer
When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee,' I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real, all else is unreal.
wise spiritual silence
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
wise lonely stars
Much has been said of the loneliness of wisdom, and how much the Truth seeker becomes a pilgrim wandering from star to star. To the ignorant, the wise man is lonely because he abides in distant heights of the mind. But the wise man himself does not feel lonely. Wisdom brings him nearer to life; closer to the heart of the world than the foolish man can ever be. Bookishness may lead to loneliness, and scholarship may end in a battle of beliefs, but the wise man gazing off into space sees not an emptiness, but a space full of life, truth, and law. Manly Hall
wise attitude men
Wisdom is a condition of consciousness rather than an attitude of mind. Wisdom is that state of being in which an individual finds himself when realization has tinctured and transmuted all attitudes and opinions. A wise man is one who has experienced wisdom, wisdom in this sense being a mystical experience.
wise men knowing
If the infinite had not desired man to be wise, he would not have bestowed upon him the faculty of knowing.
wise desire creation
An original is a creation motivated by desire. Man Ray
wise men mind
The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change. Malcolm X
wise self incentives
A resolute and wise refusal to take part in festivities will be an incentive for introspection and self-purification.
wise mistake said
It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes. John C. Maxwell
wise people republic
Tacitus appears to have been as great an enthusiast as Petrarch for the revival of the republic and universal empire. He has exerted the vengeance of history upon the emperors, but has veiled the conspiracies against them, and the incorrigible corruption of the people which probably provoked their most atrocious cruelties. Tyranny can scarcely be practised upon a virtuous and wise people. John Adams
wise country law
As good government is an empire of laws, how shall your laws be made? In a large society, inhabiting an extensive country, it is impossible that the whole should assemble to make laws. The first necessary step, then, is to depute power from the many to a few of the most wise and good.
wise honesty men
I Pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessing on this house, and on ALL that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof!
wise men done
Public business must always be done by somebody. It will be done by somebody or other. If wise man decline, others will not; if honest man refuse it, others will not.
wise country gun
A militia law, requiring all men, or with very few exceptions besides cases of conscience, to be provided with arms and ammunition... is always a wise institution, and, in the present circumstances of our country, indispensable.
wise long creative
The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way. Eric Hoffer
wise alive events
Changi for me - of course it's easy to be wise after the event, and to discuss it cleverly after the event - was about as near as you can get to being dead and still be alive. James Clavell
wise ignorance men
A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses wise thoughts. James Allen
wise simplicity mind
A childlike mind in its simplicity practises that science of good to which the wise may be blind. Friedrich Schiller
wise order needs
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
wise littles accomplish
He that is overcautious will accomplish little.
wise patient resolve
Wise to resolve, patient to perform.
wise long advice
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
wise opinion politician
A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion.
wise spring selfish
A wise Government seeks to provide the opportunity through which the best of individual achievement can be obtained, while at the same time it seeks to remove such obstruction, such unfairness as springs from selfish human motives. Franklin D. Roosevelt
wise thinking land
We think of our land and water and human resources not as static and sterile possessions but as life giving assets to be directed by wise provisions for future days.
wise lying government
The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.