Quotes on Wise

Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold and independent minds are essential to the wise and considered self-government.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: 'This too will pass.'

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don't think so. Don't condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.

An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.

Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise

Passion is a young man's game. Young people can be passionate. Older people gotta be more wise. I mean, you're around awhile, you leave certain things to the young. Don't try to act like you're young. You could really hurt yourself.

He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

All those evil doctrines about God that work misery and madness have their origin in the brains of the wise and prudent, not in the hearts of children.

We see only the script and not the paper on which the script is written. The paper is there, whether the script is on it or not. To those who look upon the script as real, you have to say that it is unreal - an illusion - since it rests upon the paper. The wise person looks upon both paper and script as one.

The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.

I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I've never been bored in my life.

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.

Everyone can recognize history when it happens. Everyone can recognize history after is has happened; but only the wise man knows at the moment what is vital and permanent, what is lasting and memorable.

Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously.