It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst. — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength. — Marjorie Holmes Copy Share Image
There is a lot of difference between failure and defeat. Failure is when you are defeated and neither learn nor contribute anything. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Axiome: la haine du bourgeois est le commencement de la vertu. Axiom: Hatred of the bourgeois is the beginning of wisdom. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Most people try surviving by fighting. Thats all just waste of time according to me. You know why: Cuz at the end… — J-Young Copy Share Image
Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
“If everyone bows in front of your wisdom, your greatest wisdom will be to tell them not to bow!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
The very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Because…fear is a terrible, insidious thing, Waldo. It taints and stains everything it touches, Waldo. If you let fear start driving some… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common,… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
It is clear, then, that wisdom is knowledge having to do with certain principles and causes. But now, since it is this… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Life is a place where it is necessary to move gently. Whether it be in thought, speech, or action, the rhythm must… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“Our best chance of contentment lies in taking up the wisdom offered to us in coded form through our coughs, allergies, social… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“What was it you told me, Jesus?” she asked him softly. “Do you remember? Love is love is love. Pain is pain… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
A free man thinks of nothing less than of death; and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on life. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more,… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I don't put myself above anyone, and I have as many shortcomings as any non-believer. I just choose to turn to a… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
No experience in this world has ever been cathartic without the willing participation of the individual. Life does not automatically bestow wisdom… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Some choose to influence change, and some choose to be influenced by change. You choose which one are you.” — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
Of all the things in nature, the formation and endowment of man was singled out by the ancients. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“Smartass Disciple: Master, what did you do to earn wisdom ? Master of Stupidity: Well, I forget. Shit happened, life goes on.” — Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident Copy Share Image
I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
Seriousness is no more a guarantee of truth, insight, authenticity or probity, than humour is a guarantee of superficiality and stupidity. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“Wisdom is a unique manifestation of God, a catalyst for transformation of the human person's life into one of fight and goodness.” — Joyce Rupp Copy Share Image
Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values. — Sidney Hook Copy Share Image
“Hold onto your creativity, that idealism that is rooted in some degree of innocence and a firm belief in something finer than… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Great men and women are not extraordinary people who do extraordinary things. They are ordinary people who do ordinary things with integrity.” — Jayce O'Neal Copy Share Image
3 methods to learn wisdom: by reflection, which is noblest; by imitation, which is easiest; and by experience, which is the bitterest — Mark Laurence Alis Torcuator Copy Share Image
Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just… — Paracelsus Copy Share Image
“When enter the whole new world, men will deal with new science. To embrace a new science, men need to get used… — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“You have to learn where your weaknesses end and your strengths starts or you will spend your life focusing on all that… — Nikki rowe Copy Share Image
Wisdom comes with all we see, God writes His lessons in each flower, And ev'ry singing bird or bee Can teach us… — Maud Lindsay Copy Share Image
If you are truly wise, you love life very deeply. You love the things in your life, transient though they may be. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The whole point of all these conversations is to leave your mind empty, not full. If you go away with learning, you… — Mooji Copy Share Image
Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom. — Solon Copy Share Image
