Wisdom Quotes - Page 105

The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

There is no short-cut no patent tram-road, to wisdom. After all the centuries of invention, the soul's path lies through the thorny wilderness which must still be trodden in solitude, with bleeding feet, with sobs for help, as it was trodden by them of old time.

A man who loses his money gains, at the least, experience, and sometimes, something better.

The industrial and social injustice of our era is the tragic aftermath of democracy's overemphasis on freedom as the "right to do whatever you please." No, freedom means the right to do what you ought, and ought implies law, and law implies justice, and justice implies God. So too in war, a nation that fights for freedom divorced from justice has no right to war, because it does not know why it wants to be free, or why it wants anyone else to be free.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

Ever since the beginning of modern science, the best minds have recognized that "the range of acknowledged ignorance will grow with the advance of science." Unfortunately, the popular effect of this scientific advance has been a belief, seemingly shared by many scientists, that the range of our ignorance is steadily diminishing and that we can therefore aim at more comprehensive and deliberate control of all human activities. It is for this reason that those intoxicated by the advance of knowledge so often become the enemies of freedom.

Children are wise in a funny kind of way. They haven't developed so many vested interests of self. There is a wisdom, a lack of self-consciousness, that is innocence.

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.

The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts.

God has set up a high standard of righteousness. He has made plain a distinction between human and divine wisdom. All who work on Christ's side must work to save, not to destroy.

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.

Words were never invented to fully explain the peaceful aura that surrounds us when we are in communion with minds of the same thoughts.

No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.

Blessed if you do... Blessed if you don't... Blessed no matter what!

To have a good enemy, choose a friend; he knows where to strike.

You are not the drop in the ocean, but the ocean in the drop.

There is not a more dangerous experiment than to place property in the hands of one class, and political power in those of another... If property cannot retain the political power, the political power will draw after it the property.

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions is what makes life rich. You need your passions.

While people are often content to criticize and blame others for what goes wrong, surely we should at least attempt to put forward constructive ideas. One thing is for certain: given human beings' love of truth, justice, peace, and freedom, creating a better, more compassionate world is a genuine possibility. The potential is there.

A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse.

If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world.