Wisdom Quotes · Page 338

“Intelligence opens the door to the universe; but only wisdom walks through.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“To think that the wise are not capable of folly is not wise.”

— Chris Brady

“If they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?”

— Jesus of Nazareth -- Book of Luke

Real wisdom is simple. Living life rightly does not have to be a complicated challenge.

— Jim Rohn

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.

— Jane Fonda

“Be sapient and salient;let your sagacity reform the odor of sanctity.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

“The only reason for being a professional writer is that you just can't help it.”

— Leo Rosten

One glance, one word from you gives more pleasure than all the wisdom of this world.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Absolute justice is achieved by the suppression of all contradiction, therefore it destroys freedom.

— Albert Camus

“This is the wisdom of art, the knowledge that beauty perhaps is the one undeniably unique attribute of the human.”

— C.K. Williams

If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom.

— Leo Strauss

“Time can be cruel if you don’t use it wisely ~ Imani Wisdom, Zion's Road: A Love Story about Faith and Redemption.”

— Imani Wisdom

“And it was the part of a wise man to forget inevitable calamities of human life in the enjoyment of the fleeting…

— Edward Gibbon

The contradictory remarks of politicians are forgotten; the more asinine predictions of pundits are buried with mercy.

— Norman Mailer

“Older doesn't always mean wiser. It just means that you've had more time to do the same things over and over again-…

— Carew Papritz

“The greatest art is unsophisticated The greatest wisdom is childish." "Love gives freedom. It doesn't own.”

— Miss Supertramp

“Your true being, as Consciousness, is ever at peace, ever at rest, eternally existing in the dimension of here and now. It…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

At DonorsChoose.org, we believe that classroom teachers often know their students better than anybody else in the system and that their front-line…

— Charles Best

“So wise men avoided Usha. The death of her husband ensured that she became inauspicious. The white sari wrapped itself around her…

— Paul Haston

If it's a likeness, alone, it's not a success. If, through my portraits, you can come to know the subjects more meaningfully,…

— Yousuf Karsh

“In the short term, there is scant room for dreaming, for one must choose between being taken seriously and being visionary. In…

— John Carver

“Intuition is not a single way of knowing - it's our ability to hold space for uncertainty and our willingness to trust…

— Brené Brown

“Justice, humanity, or political wisdom, are qualities they are too little acquainted with in themselves, to appreciate them in others. Valor will…

— Edward Gibbon

Human wisdom remains always one and the same although applied to the most diverse objects and it is no more changed by…

— Rene Descartes

“Wisdom most of the time takes form of advice. ”

— Veda Catherine Storey

“Your heart is who you are, all else follows. Guard your heart, Thomas. Guard your heart.”

— Liam Perrin

As a wise man once said, 'If not us, then who; if not now, then when?'

— Michael Jackson

A man who builds his own pedestal had better use strong cement.

— Anna Quindlen

“No, memory is true as long as you do not set it, as long as it is not enclosed in a form.”

— Italo Calvino

“Waiting patiently for the fatest bone is a dog's lifestyle.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“You cannot intimidate people with real bullets, but you can intimidate them with fake gun.”

— Amit Kalantri

It was Cavour who by wise domestic policy first won the respect and confidence of Europe

— Arthur J Whyte

“There are always options. And a wise man always has more than one plan.”

— Christie Golden

Acquire wisdom from the story of those who have already passed.

— Uthman ibn Affan

Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.

— Fred Rogers

“My priority is not about grades. I seek yearn for knowledge, skills and wisdom.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“People in blind love throw away common sense, conscience and comedy from the life.”

— Amit Kalantri

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.

— Henry David Thoreau

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert