Doe Quote by Anonymous

“A wise man, recognizing that the world is an illusion, does not act as if it is real, and so he escapes suffering.” The”

— Janet Evanovich

“The truly wise man is the one who can keep external events from changing him in any way. To do this, he covers himself…

— Fernando Pessoa

“Could there ever be a wise man without the wisdom or life or without the death of illusion?”

— Sorin Cerin

“A wise man sees the path all must walk and embraces the free will of humankind, even if to watch it unfold causes him…

— Colleen Houck

We can only escape from the world by outgrowing the world. Death may take man out of the world but only wisdom can take…

— Anonymous

“A man may go through life and remain ignorant of himself he may think himself as other than he truly is and he may…

— Barry Unsworth

Wise is the man who contents himself with the spectacle of the world.

— Ricardo Reis

He who hopes to avoid all failure and misfortune is trying to live in a fairyland; the wise man realistically accepts failures as a…

— Wilferd Peterson

“Amidst this paradoxical existence emerges a dichotomy – a world dying outside, while we, ensnared in our paradisiacal illusion, merely survive without truly living.”

— Ryan Gelpke

Man is wise ... when he recognizes no greater enemy than himself.

— Marguerite de Navarre

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.

— Marcus Aurelius

“A man who does not understand the benefit of suffering does not live a clever and true life.”

— Leo Tolstoy