Happiness is impossible, and even inconceivable, to a mind without scope and without pause, a mind driven by craving, pleasure, or fear.… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I long to be in the midst of the children, and have more pleasure in their little follies than in the wisdom… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
One of my great mistakes coming up, since I was a kid from wrong side of the tracks, and fearful that I… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
A wise man once said that a person is known by the company he keeps, but could then also add that the… — Anuj Copy Share Image
A wise man's question contains half the answer. Unfortunately the other 50% is harder to come by! — Solomon Ibn Gabirol Copy Share Image
The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
It is an odd fact that what we now know of the mental and emotional life of infants surpasses what we comprehend… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
No one longs for what he or she already has, and yet the accumulated insight of those wise about the spiritual life… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
A wise Government seeks to provide the opportunity through which the best of individual achievement can be obtained, while at the same… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The government that is wise will consider what is best for all its people. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Socialized medicine, some still cry, but it's long been socialized, with those covered paying for those who are underinsured. American medicine is… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The problem with much of the debate over this issue is that we confuse two separate matters: immigration policy (how many people… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
Praise of power leads to weakness; Love of things leads to loss; The wise one leads by filling people's hearts; He destroys… — Laozi Copy Share Image
A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion. — Frederick Scott Oliver Copy Share Image
It is demonstrable from Geology that there was a period when no organic beings had existence: these organic beings must therefore have… — William Buckland Copy Share Image
My friends call me an owl. Apparently, it's a combination of being wise and having big eyes. — Romy Madley Croft Copy Share Image
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it… — Edward Everett Hale Copy Share Image
Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Lose no time to contradict her, Nor endeavor to convict her; Only take this rule along, Always to advise her wrong, And… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I'm wise to be a good steward, but I'll never be my own rescuer. The worth thing you can do with fear… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
“A woman's body is a sacred temple. A work of art, and a life-giving vessel. And once she becomes a mother, her… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
let it go -- the smashed word broken open vow or the oath cracked length wise -- let it go it was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are few who would need advisers, if they were only accustomed to appeal to themselves in their calmest, holiest moments. If,… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
Look, I learned from your uncle that when the universe turns out to be insane, the wise man embraces insanity. — Bradley Denton Copy Share Image
The men upon whose shoulders rested the initial responsibility of Christianizing the world came to Jesus with one supreme request. They did… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
The mind of man has no defense To equal plain, old common sense. This homely virtue don't despise, If you would be… — Don Herold Copy Share Image
After all, China is our largest trading partner. As I said, country-wise, Russia trades the most with China. That is my first… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Life is like the harp string, if it is strung too tight it won't play, if it is too loose it hangs,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
