Wise Quotes

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Let him be wise, or let me be blind; don't let me, she hoped concretely, don't let me know too surely what he thinks of… — Shirley Jackson
There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid. — Mahatma Gandhi
Silence makes idiots seem wise even for a minute. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
stop now before i kill you a word to the wise from your friend PENNYWISE — Stephen King
Man is not by any means of fixed and enduring form (this, in spite of suspicions to the contrary on the part of their wise… — Hermann Hesse
In this world only the paranoid survive. — Dean Koontz
I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal as well as… — Walt Whitman
We are lost, lost,' said Gollum. 'No name, no business, no Precious, nothing. Only empty. Only hungry; yes, we are hungry. A few little fishes,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Sometimes the heart is so heavy that we turn away from it and forget that its throbbing is the wisest message of life, a wordless… — Michael Jackson
The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make… — Ann Druyan
Strange star-like object over Oslo right before Obama arrives. A gift of a golden medal given by a group of wise men... Nah. — Craig Ferguson
If he is infinitely good, what reason should we have to fear him? If he is infinitely wise, what doubts should we have concerning our… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
He thought her beautiful, believed her impeccably wise; dreamed of her, wrote poems to her, which, ignoring the subject, she corrected in red ink. — Virginia Woolf
He was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of… — Charles Dickens
She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a… — Louisa May Alcott
I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's… — Louisa May Alcott
In future, Clarissa," he said, "it might be wise to mention that you already have a man in your bed, to avoid such tedious situations."… — Cassandra Clare
How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will. — Albert Einstein
We are the wise. Do not envy usâ€” We who are too wise to draw near the fire Lest we get burned; We who are… — Lois Duncan
As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it… — Jack Kornfield

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