Wisdom Quotes - Page 119

Wisdom at times is found in folly.

Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.

Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.

Concord is just as idiotic as ever in relation to the spirits and their knockings. Most people here believe in a spiritual world ... in spirits which the very bullfrogs in our meadows would blackball. Their evil genius is seeing how low it can degrade them. The hooting of owls, the croaking of frogs, is celestial wisdom in comparison.

If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders. I must get off him first, that he may pursue his contemplations too.

Count your blessings - not your troubles.

It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful. It was because she seized the right moment to impart knowledge that made it so pleasant and acceptable to me.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he can't carry a movie. They'll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they won't put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie.

The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.

A whetstone is no carving instrument, And yet it maketh sharp the carving tool; And if you see my efforts wrongly spent, Eschew that course and learn out of my school; For thus the wise may profit by the fool, And edge his wit, and grow more keen and wary, For wisdom shines opposed to its contrary.

Nationalism is both a vital medicine and a dangerous drug

O how sweet it is to enjoy life, Living in honesty and strength! And wisdom is sweet, And freedom.

It is only when you realize that you are mortal and yet immortal simultaneously that you begin to realize that the beautiful incongruities of existence aren't incongruous at all, but rather perfect.

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. The millions who are in want will not stand by silently forever while the things to satisfy their needs are within easy reach.

Money is misunderstood. The fact is if you want to be successful - the money will follow you. If you are a doctor, something else will follow you. If you are successful there is an accompaniment. If your goal is just to make money you won't succeed. Money is a commodity to use, not to be dictated by.

It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one's own, is ever the beginning of one's real ethical development.

The disadvantage of becoming wise is that you realize how foolish you've been.

There are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity. It takes time to be holy.

It is habit for me to discount myself before somebody else does it for me. Better to get in the first lick

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool.