Wise Quotes

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Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first… — Chogyam Trungpa
Love is wise â€“ Hatred is foolish. — Bertrand Russell
The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid. — Douglas Preston
Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them. — R. H. Tawney
There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand. — Annie Besant
Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
I will be glad to discuss this proposition with my attorney, and that after I talk with one, we could either discuss it with him… — Lee Harvey Oswald
Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories. — Alan Kay
Iâ€™ve always said that a wise businessperson will support the ANCâ€¦ because supporting the ANC means youâ€™re investing very well in your business — Jacob Zuma
Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to. — Marcus Aurelius
We are not meant to stay wounded. We are supposed to move through our tragedies and challenges and to help each other move through the… — Caroline Myss
The wise are balanced, and the foolish are extreme. — Sakyong Mipham
It makes me mad when I go to all the trouble of having Martha cook up about a hundred drumsticks, the the guy at the… — Jack Handey
The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself. — Plato
He who hesitates is sometimes wise. — Malcolm Forbes
It is sometimes wise to forget who we are. — Publilius Syrus
Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe… — Bill Hybels
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
For, contrary to the common opinion, it is the wealthy who are greedy of wealth; while the populace are to be gained by talking to… — Arthur Machen
This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of this entire existence, but in a certain sense the whole; only… — Erwin Schrodinger

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