Wise Quotes

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And whoso is found a faithful, a just, and a wise steward shall enter into the joy of his Lord, and shall inherit eternal life. — Quentin L. Cook
No one longs for what he or she already has, and yet the accumulated insight of those wise about the spiritual life suggests that the… — Barbara Brown Taylor
Hell was OK, until some wise guy went to heaven and came back — Buddhadasa
The simple person lives the way he breathes, with no more effort or glory, with no more affectation and without shame Simplicity is freedom, buoyancy,… — Andre Comte-Sponville
The Forty Rules of Love is a wise, joyous page-turner... and one that speaks urgently to our war-ravaged times. — Thrity Umrigar
I intend to give my eighty-two-year-old dad a copy of God Never Blinks. I will also buy one for a sixteen-year-old friend. This wise, compassionate,… — Thrity Umrigar
I'm not very wise to many things. — Charles Manson
Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever. — Joe Abercrombie
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose… — Alan Paton
Weep not for me. Rather let your tears flow for the sorrows of the multitude. My work is done. Like a ripe fruit I admit… — Lucretia Mott
Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate… — Cato the Elder
A word to the wise is sufficient — Plautus
When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that… — Ingmar Bergman
It's hard not to empathize with the mayor's anger, given the injustices he'd suffered, but righteous anger rarely leads to wise policy. — Edward Glaeser
If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly… — Alexander Pope
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool. — Seneca the Younger
Here may I live what life I please, Married and buried out of sight, - Married to pleasure and buried to pain, - Hidden away… — Violet Fane
He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one. — Rick Pitino
If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it… — Bernard of Clairvaux
It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create. — John Godfrey Saxe

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