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Wisdom Quotes
"The beauty of wisdom lies in simplicity and humility."
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"We all look. The lucky find. The wise accept."
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"Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them."
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"Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes."
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"The horizon changes but the sun does not."
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"As much as Merthyr is a fighting town, these people also have hearts of gold. I worked all over Monmouth, and then the Aberfan disaster happened! That was a very emotional episode in my life. I never want to see anything like that ever again! In my opinion, the tip should have been moved well before the rain got in to it, and the old tip came rolling down the hillside on the school and the walls just caved in!"
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"I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt."
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"What do you consider the most humane? - To spare someone shame. What is the seal of liberation? - To no longer be ashamed in front of oneself."
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"I never seemed to learn from joy, I earned my portion of wisdom through sadness."
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"All is best, though we oft doubt, what the unsearchable dispose, of highest wisdom brings about."
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"It's been said that actions speak louder than words. Sometimes, it's what you don't say or do, that sends the loudest message."
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"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior."
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"I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain."
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"Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it."
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"To know what questions may reasonably be asked is already a great and necessary proof of sagacity and insight. For if a question is absurd in itself and calls for unnecessary answers, it not only brings disgrace to the person raising it, but may prompt an incautious listener to give absurd answers, thus presenting, as the ancients said, the laughable spectacle of one person milking a he-goat, and another holding the sieve underneath."
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"A smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be silent."
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"Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom."
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"To be wise for one day is better than to be intelligent for a hundred."
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"Many talk about flowing against the wind, but its only fools, who goes against the wind. The wise one's, simply adjust themselves with the flow of the wind."
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"A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble."
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"It is lightning that strikes, not thunder."
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"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."
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"Though sincerity is a word which rings its meaning in the mind when it is mentioned, its real meaning in real sense is neither the meaning we imagine nor the spoken word but in action. Yes, it is action that determines what sincere means in reality. Real action that stands the test of time does not only give a true meaning to the word sincere in our mind and mind's eye but it also creates a real picture of who a real sincere person is in our minds and mind's eye."
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"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy."
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"To have an empty head is worse than to have an empty bank account."
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"We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike."
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"Man is so intelligent that he feels impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations. So that when he acts on his theories, he behaves very often like a lunatic."
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"The history of our time must be well-captured and documented."
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"The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation."
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"I stopped explaining myself when I realized other people only understand from their level of perception."
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"Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants."
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"Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes."
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"People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them."
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