Wise Quotes

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An original is a creation motivated by desire. — Man Ray
All of us contain a divine, expressive spark, a creative candle intended to light our path and that of our fellows. — Julia Cameron
A sketch book freezes time. It is an instantaneous form of meditation focusing us on the worth of every passing moment. — Julia Cameron
There is nobility in the struggle, you don't have to win. — Sharon Pollock
l am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground. So it is, and so it will be, for so… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
The wise man should keep the balance between love and power; he should keep the love in his nature ever increasing and expanding, and at… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
CONTEMPLATE THE workings of this world, listen to the words of the wise, and take all that is good as your own. With this as… — Morihei Ueshiba
This is one of their [the Christians'] rules. Let no man that is learned, wise, or prudent come among us: but if they be unlearned,… — Aulus Cornelius Celsus
It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time. — Laurence J. Peter
We find that at present the human race is divided politically into one wise man, nine knaves, and ninety fools out of every hundred. That… — T.H. White
Wise is the man who contents himself with the spectacle of the world. — Ricardo Reis
But at the end, if we are brave enough to love, if we are strong enough to forgive, if we are generous enough to rejoice… — Harold S. Kushner
The wise say that our failure is to form habits: for habit is the mark of a stereotyped world, — A.C. Grayling
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself. — Michel de Montaigne
The ageless Dennis Wise, now in his thirties. — Martin Tyler
The unconscious process moves spiral-wise around a center, gradually getting closer, while the characteristics of the center grow more and more distinct. — Carl Jung
The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him. — Socrates
... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing this,… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
The assembled souls of all that men held wise. — William Davenant
The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours. — Isaac Watts

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