Quotes on Being Wise

History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at the very head of the government couldn't be wise.

Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills the scholar's life assail,- Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.

Turn on the prudent _x000D_ Ant, thy heedful eyes, _x000D_ Observe her labours, _x000D_ Sluggard, and be wise.

Being, be bold and venture to be wise.

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.

Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise,_x000D_ _x000D_ He who defers this work from day to day,_x000D_ _x000D_ Does on a river's bank expecting stay,_x000D_ _x000D_ Till the whole stream, which stopped him, should be gone,_x000D_ _x000D_ That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on.

To be wise and eke to love,_x000D_ _x000D_ Is granted scarce to gods above.

Oh, be wise, Thou!_x000D_ _x000D_ Instructed that true knowledge leads to love.

Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?

I would like to use this little flower as a metaphor. The five petals of the little forget-me-not flower prompt me to consider five things we would be wise never to forget....first, forget not to be patient with yourself...second, forget not the difference between a good sacrifice and a foolish sacrifice...third, forget not to be happy now...fourth, forget not the why of the gospel...fifth, forget not that the Lord loves you.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

If the infinite had not desired man to be wise, he would not have bestowed upon him the faculty of knowing.

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.

The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise.

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.

He told me not to seek revenge, but to seek the Buddha,' said the fox spirit, sadly. 'Wise counsel,' said the fox of dreams. 'Vegeance can be a road that has no ending. You would be wise to avoid it. And...?' 'I shall seek the Buddha,' said the fox, with a toss of her head. 'But first I shall seek revenge.