Wise Quotes

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It is not wise [for Chinese] to do things to artificially disrupt relations with the U.S. — Jiang Zemin
The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he… — Laozi
I would go out into the desert. The desert was my teacher. I didn't know about gurus and wise people-I wasn't a reader. — Byron Katie
. . . Newton was an unquestioning believer in an all-wise creator of the universe, and in his own inability - like the boy on… — Isaac Newton
Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate belief which determines… — George Eliot
When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes. — Vinoba Bhave
Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good. — Laozi
We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and… — Philip Neri
Every type of destruction that human philosophy, human science, human reason, human art, human cunning, human force, and human brutality could bring to bear against… — Reuben Archer Torrey
The man who does not learn to wait upon the Lord and have his thoughts molded by Him will never possess that steady purpose and… — Dixon Edward Hoste
THE POET A moody child and wildly wise Pursued the game with joyful eyes, Which chose, like meteors, their way, And rived the dark with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding… — Confucius
This is the first nation that organized government on the basis of universal liberty with a free Church and a free State. This meant much… — Oscar Straus
No serious sociologist any longer believes that the voice of the people expresses any divine or specially wise and lofty idea. The voice of the… — Edward Bernays
By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum — Steve Albini
Groups are only smart when there is a balance between the information that everyone in the group shares and the information that each of the… — James Surowiecki
When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today. — Anthony de Mello
If you have ever been accused of being rude when you were merely stating the truth, or called a gossip because you like to dwell… — Mark Kingwell
I loved this smart, funny, big-hearted novel. As hilarious and wise as early Philip Roth, The Mathematician's Shiva will delight and move you. — Steven Strogatz
In Tharoor's hands [the story of modern India] is transformed into Mahabharata magic.... Endlessly inventive, irreverent, wise, ingenious,... it takes on at one level or… — M. G. Vassanji

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