I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This…

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.

— Sophia Loren

Maybe growing up in London in general has helped me be more street wise, but then again, I never know where I am. My…

— Florence And The Machine

Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise.

— Rachel Cohn

The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one's self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel.

— Benjamin Franklin

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;'…

— Buddha

It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means pursuing our…

— Anonymous

Again and again I find that my own inner counselor, my secret dreaming self, is not only wise and helpful but usually amusing as…

— Sheldon B. Kopp

“We are in search of our most authentic, vital, generous, and wise self.”

— Elizabeth Lesser

Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Christ is born, my wise Solomon, my wretched pen-pusher! Don´t go picking things over with a needle! Is He born or isn´t He? Of…

— Kazantsakis Nikos

“In the stormy ocean of life, take refuge in your wise self.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

Without making a fetish of goal setting, and without letting "lists" of tasks we desire to do dominate us, some recording of goals is…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Good character is that quality which makes one dependable whether being watched or not, which makes one truthful when it is to one's advantage…

— Arthur S. Adams

“When you consider it as a communication tool of your wise self, clearing clutter becomes an opportunity to graduate, spiritually, to the next soul…

— Kerri L. Richardson

Each one of us regardless of our situation, is in our search of our most authentic, vital, generous and wise self.

— Elizabeth Lesser