Wise Quotes

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If you took an IQ test, the results would be negative. — Russell Lynes
Sure, I'd love to help you out...now, which way did you come in? — Russell Lynes
The most effective comeback to an insult is silence. — Russell Lynes
Brains aren't everything. In fact in your case they're nothing. — Russell Lynes
I'd love to ask how old you are, but unfortunately I know you can't count that high. — Russell Lynes
Security isn't what the wise person looks for; it's opportunity. And once we begin looking for that, we find it on every side. You can… — Earl Nightingale
In its outward manifestation, meditation appears to involve either stopping, by parking the body in a stillness that suspends activity, or giving oneself over to… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
We must be wise taskmasters and not require of ourselves what we cannot possibly perform. Recreation we must have. Otherwise, the strings of our soul,… — Elizabeth Prentiss
A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. . . . The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks… — Sivananda
Wise people are able to give themselves gracefully to seemingly contradictory experiences, because they know that they belong to different seasons of life, all of… — Sam Keen
When we are relaxed and reasonable content, we are naturally wise. We accept that life is unpredictable, unreliable. We say jokingly or philosophically, "Nothing is… — Sylvia Boorstein
...a carefree letting go of oneself, not a caution, but a wise blindness. — Rainer Maria Rilke
A manure containing several ingredients acts in this wise: The effect of all of them in the soil accommodates itself to that one among them… — Justus von Liebig
Atten. Pray of what disease did Mr. Badman die, for now I perceive we are come up to his death? Wise. I cannot so properly… — John Bunyan
Innate is a segment of the All-Wise; Educated is an offspring of innate, a servant for its lifetime only. Educated continues with and lasts as… — Daniel D. Palmer
Earth has provided a stable platform for the evolution of life over 4 billion years. But that lease is limited; we know for sure that… — Robert Shapiro
Babies are thinking and attracting before they are speaking. Even though you are only months old in your physical body, you are a very old… — Esther Hicks
The separation of church and state is extremely important to any of us who holds to the original traditions of our nation. . . .… — Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. — Homer
After the event, even a fool is wise. — Homer
Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further. — Aeschylus
A wise man sings his joy in the closet of his heart. — Tibullus
The wise are above books. — Samuel Daniel
Say oh wise man how you have come to such knowledge? Because I was never ashamed to confess my ignorance and ask others. — Johann Gottfried Herder
Touch not the flute when drums are sounding around; when fools have the word, the wise will be silent. — Johann Gottfried Herder

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