Quotes on Wise People

In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time - none, zero. You'd be amazed at how much Warren reads - at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I'm a book with a couple of legs sticking out.

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher.

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.

Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood ; wise people fashion themselves.

Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.

Wise people are in want of nothing, and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not understand how to use anything, but are in want of everything.

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing.

Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible.

It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.