Wise Quotes

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Transformation literally means going beyond your form. — Wayne Dyer
You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox. — Wayne Dyer
By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I… — Albert Ellis
I know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my great sophistication. No… — Roger Ebert
Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate.… — Arthur Eddington
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. — Albert Einstein
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. — Albert Einstein
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. — Albert Einstein
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder. — Albert Einstein
Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow? — Albert Einstein
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. — Charles William Eliot
What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other? — George Eliot
That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise. — George Eliot
It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for… — Black Elk
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master. — Duke Ellington
There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that it has not sometimes needed to be saved from itself. — Havelock Ellis
Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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