The wise say that it is not an iron, wooden or fiber fetter which is a strong one, but the besotted hankering… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Keeping a relatively small, predominantly U.S. Special Forces presence in Afghanistan to continue to train the Afghan army past December 2016 is… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The wise man knows the only fitting price for his soul is a place in Paradise. — Ibn Hazm Copy Share Image
Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them. — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
Give a drink of water as alms to the birds which go forth at morning, and deem that they have a better… — Al-Maʿarri Copy Share Image
How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a… — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image
The one who wanders independent in the world, free from opinions and viewpoints, does not grasp them and enter into disputations and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well. — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
I have a passion for big cats, I like big snakes. There is something about snakes that is so wise, they have… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
We can hardly escape the feeling that the unconscious process moves spiral-wise round a centre, gradually getting closer, while the characteristics of… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Big heart, wide as a watermelon, but wise as birth, there is so much abundance in the people I have. — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom… — Horace Copy Share Image
Riches are for the comfort of life, and not life for the accumulation of riches. I asked a holy wise man, "Who… — Saadi Copy Share Image
We’ll continue our discussion later. Right now I intend to escort Miss Peyton to her room.” “That is not a wise idea,… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are not music… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
When there is no mind, you are in yoga; when there is mind you are not in yoga. So you may do… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The unexpectedness of life, waiting round every corner, catches even wise women unawares (...) To avoid corners altogether is, after all, to… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
It isn't wise to be rude to one's mother. She knows everything about your childhood that is potentially embarassing. — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
