Wisdom Quotes - Page 130

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a pipe, whose fragments are thrown away at a street corner. The fragments of an intellect are always good.

As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.

As long as the decent people refuse to believe that morality must manifest itself in every sphere of human activity, including the political, they will not meet the challenge of Marxism.

Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.

All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include among the ignorant themselves as well as the wisest.

All I've done is give you a book. You have to have the courage to learn what's inside it.

Wisdom is the ability to do two things at once, to be in the world and enjoy it and at the same time, to be in the realms of light, to be in samadhi.

I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

When you say Yes, say it quickly. But always take a half hour to say No, so you can understand the other fellow's side.

Many of us have a tendency to forget the Gracious Hand which has preserved our nation, enriched it, strengthened it. Many of us imagine in the foolishness of pride, that our manifold blessings are due not to God's goodness, but to our own wisdom and virtue. Too many of us have been so drunk with self-sufficiency as no longer to feel the need of prayer.

We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.

I am on the side of the underdog except when I am on the side of the rich

Has every oyster a different taste?

I am not biased against the rich because they are rich, but the most lively people are those without money who would like to have some

Everyone has his own conscience, and there should be no rules about how a conscience should function.

Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control them.

From now on practice saying to everything that appears unpleasant: You are merely an appearance and NOT what you appear to be.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

The wise man must be wise before, not after, the event.

There was a point that I stopped crying. It's not just because I didn't feel pain anymore, not because I didn't feel sorrow. It was just to keep going. I mean, it just was to survive, to live.