The wise soul feareth not death; rather she sometimes striveth for death, she goeth beyond to meet her. Yet eternity maintaineth her… — Giordano Bruno Copy Share Image
A wise man once asked me, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" I thought for a minute, then I slapped… — Matthew Diamond Copy Share Image
The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The deepest words of the wise man teach us the same as the whistle of the wind when it blows or the… — Antonio Machado Copy Share Image
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge. — Confucius Copy Share Image
In a democracy, people always vote for their alike! Pig for the pig, raven for the raven! Dull for the dull, wise… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
It is said that heaven does not create one man above or below another man. Any existing distinction between the wise and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Whatever difficulty you face, there are time-tried ways you can listen your way through. Because listening is the doorway to everything that… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
“My mother always wanted to live near the water," she said. "She said it's the one thing that brings us all together.… — Megan Miranda Copy Share Image
Let's get right to it: On page 5 of Paul Murray's dazzling new novel, 'Skippy Dies,'... Skippy dies. If killing your protagonist… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
He who finds though that lets us penetrate even a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I have nothing against alсoнol, there is nothing I can do to tell people not to do it. I don't tell people… — D-Pryde Copy Share Image
Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his… — Horace Copy Share Image
The wise wo/man knows there is something to be learned from everyone. S/He knows that know matter how bad or good said… — Isaiah Harden (Me Copy Share Image
I was the executer of our mother's trust. She asked me to hold onto the house for 10 years and then sell… — Kyle Richards Copy Share Image
Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Someday this upside-down world will be turned right side up. Nothing in all eternity will turn it back again. If we are… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
Wisdom is considered a sign of weakness by the powerful because a wise man can lead without power but only a powerful… — Mark B. Cohen Copy Share Image
Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to. Almost every… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
People are made to be Loved and Things r made to be Used. The confusion is in the World because People are… — Babloo Copy Share Image
When we are foolish, we want to conquer the world. When we are wise, we want to conquer ourselves. That begins when… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Those who occupy themselves with that which does not concern them usually fall short in matters affecting their own lives. — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
Never allow yourself to be treated as nothing. Life is about making wise decisions and NOT about making yourself the foolish one. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz… — Michael Easton Copy Share Image
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes. [The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.] — George Herbert Copy Share Image
Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. You're wise if you don't stick your… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
Do not go for looks, it can deceive; do not go for wealth even that fades away. Go for someone who makes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I went to a public high school that had a very small graduating class of 156 students. I lived a relatively normal… — Jesse McCartney Copy Share Image
Always treat others the way you want to be treated. One way or another, it will come back to you and so… — Anas Copy Share Image
To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and… — Al-Shafi‘i Copy Share Image
Nothing is more unworthy of a wise man, or ought to trouble him more, than to have allowed more time for trifling,… — Plato Copy Share Image
You become a superpower by being strong but also by being wise and by being farsighted. But no state is strong or… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman liv'd least he like… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Wise and prudent men and intelligent conservatives have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,-"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried, "Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!" Vain hopes that fall like… — Richard Watson Gilder Copy Share Image