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A person God himself deems as wise is one who not only hears His voice, but immediately begins to act upon His instruction.

Any group has a sense of who it is and what is values, but this sense often remains beneath the surface. A wise leader can discern these unspoken beliefs and articulate them.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

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

But I just know from experience that accent wise, even if you're an accent genius, crossing the Atlantic is the hardest thing in the world either way.

In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.

You can be very wild and still be very wise

A God wise enough to create me and the world I live in is wise enough to watch out for me.

No [movie is really worth watching] which does not either impart valuable knowledge; or set before us some ideal of beauty, strength, or nobility of character. There are enough [great movies] to occupy us during all our short and busy years. If we are wise, we will resolutely avoid all but the richest and the best.

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.

The man who walks with wise men becomes wise himself.

A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.

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.

Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk.

Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate. Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight.

Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.

We are never alone. We are all aspects of one great being. No matter how far apart we are, the air links us.

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