While people judge others from their own moral standpoint, the wise person looks also at the point of view of another..

[On being deaf:] We can never get beyond the necessity of keeping in full view the worst and the best that can be made of our lot. The worst is, eith….

As Benjamin Franklin said, 'Those things that hurt, instruct.' It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome prob….

We rejoice in the joys of our friends as much as we do our own, and we are equally grieved at their sorrows. Wherefore the wise people will feel towa….

Better a life like a falling star, brief bright across the dark, than the long, long waiting of the immortals, loveless and cheerlessly wise..

In the end the reason for anything is inseparable from the reason for everything..

The most valuable lesson man has learned from his dog is to kick a few blades of grass over it and move on..

States would be wise to weaken sovereignty in order to protect themselves..

My body is very wise; it knows how to heal itself..

Do not ask the stones or the trees how to live, they can not tell you ; they do not have tongues; do not ask the wise man how to live for, if he know….

Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man..

Hitting a shorter club to these greens means a great, great deal. Younger players are so much more capable length-wise..

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?.

Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god..

Joan Rivers is a very wise lady. We're good friends, and I find her very much an inspiration as to how to conduct your life, and how to remain very y….

Politics, like theater, is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave..

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation..

Wise, compassionate and accessible, David Benner's The Gift of Being Yourself is truly a gift to the dedicated seeker. The author draws on his profes….

We cannot expect to be happy always ... by experiencing evil as well as good we become wise..

We forgive, if we are wise, not for the other person, but for ourselves. We forgive, not to erase a wrong, but to relieve the residue of the wrong th….

How to Be an American Housewife is filled with dreams and love-the kinds that come true and those that don't. Margaret Dilloway is wise and ironic. S….