Some wisdom you must learn from one who’s wise.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
In the life of our organism, we are continually dealing with a development of force followed by a state of equilibrium. Of course, the human being has no conscious knowledge of what is really going on within him, but what takes place is so infinitely wise that the cleverness of the human ego is nothing by comparison.
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there’s more reason to fear than to hope.
Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.
A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace.
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
The foolish man conceives the idea of ‘self.’ The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of ‘self;’ thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.
The whole Christmas story was probably a later addition to the gospel narratives, presented only by the authors of Matthew and Luke. Mark and John seem never to have heard of the manger in Bethlehem, the Massacre of the Innocents, the hovering star, the three wise men, and so forth.
I’m not the type of person who feels bad about things before. I choose what to do at the moment, and I have a very good reason for it; otherwise, I don’t do it. If later my feelings change, I should celebrate now by being more wise, not feel bad about before.
Even a fool knows you can’t touch the stars, but it won’t keep the wise from trying.
I’m really close to my family, and we talk through things. My parents are so amazing, they’re brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise about the decisions we make and keep our values and the things that are important.
It takes a very wise man to act the fool.
Experience wise you’ve got to give it to the Bella Twins but in terms of just overall effort, athleticism, and just work ethic, the Funkadactyles are there with them.
Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
Nearly everyone who chooses to work for Donald Trump is disreputable in one way or another; Ali Baba didn’t find 40 wise men in the cave. But to label everyone in Trumpworld a grifter misses important subtleties. It conflates grifters and grafters, and it ignores the crucial distinction between the two.
I’m always curious what the world is trying to tell story wise.
Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against infection.
My mum always encouraged me that less is more, make-up wise. I think that’s why I feel more confident when I have a fresh and natural face.
The latter part of a wise person’s life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.
We want a state wise in its contemplation – just in its actions – and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
It’s not easy to be a good or wise parent. You do the best you can.
Charlamagne Tha God on ‘The Breakfast Club’ is, in my opinion, the best personality on the radio right now. We talk weekly. We couldn’t be any different format wise, but we have a very similar background and approach.
There is only a finger’s difference between a wise man and a fool.
I remember being wise beyond my years when I was little.
I think humanity is not wise enough to know what genotype or somatype is going to be the most successful or the most fit – simply because we’re not fully in control of our environment.
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
I spend a lot of time in L.A., and I think it would probably be easier if I lived there work wise, but there’s no city like London, there is so much going on. I can jump on the Tube and be anywhere in 20 minutes, and all my friends and family are here and I’m not prepared to give that up.
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.
It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below.
If I had to name my favorite media personality, it would be a tie between Jon Stewart and Trey Parker/Matt Stone. Honest, wise, funny, and right. Sam Sifton was right up there when he was writing food criticism for the ‘New York Times.’
A wise man’s question contains half the answer.
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.
There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.
Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.
Women have more energy, for a greater number of years, than men. Men, as they age, become either more wise or more stupid.
In my wide travels across the world and my meetings with various heads of states, be that Africa or South Asia, Singapore or in high level meetings in the U.S., U.K. or Japan, one common mention is about Dr. Singh’s extraordinary reputation as a Wise Man, an outstanding Economist and a fine Gentleman.
Nothing wise was ever printed upon an apron.
May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.
Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
Think of the universe as a benevolent parent. A child may want a tub of ice-cream and marshmallows, but a wise parent will give it fruits and vegetables instead. That is not what the child wants, but it is what the child needs.
A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
I’d like to be Gandalf for a day – he’s so wise, he’s so powerful, and he’s so caring. I love Gandalf. When they remake ‘Lord of The Rings,’ maybe I’ll play it.
It’s a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don’t know about you, but I make plenty. You can’t turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
My mother was a very wise and strong person.
All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
I think in a play it’s wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
Tell me I’m clever, Tell me I’m kind, Tell me I’m talented, Tell me I’m cute, Tell me I’m sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I’m perfect – But tell me the truth.
I always watch the Morecambe and Wise Christmas special.
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
I think in YA there’s sometimes a temptation to create heroines who are infinitely resilient and wise and confident because those are the behaviors we want to see teens embrace and maybe we want to see those things in ourselves.
The wise are above books.
Men are not conditioned to be less powerful than a woman. It will be the wise woman who realizes this and is sensitive to that issue.
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
I was always the wise guy class clown throughout my childhood.
It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.
We need to have complete certainty that things will work out, not because we are righteous or wise, but because of the time, the effort, the prayers, and the tools we are using. From the moment we are given awareness about some bigger picture or mission, we have to have complete focus on what to do to get to that place.
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
