Wisdom Quotes - Page 17

The man of wealth [should] consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer to produce the most beneficial results for the community - the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience and ability to administer, doing for them better than that they would or could do for themselves.

It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over another.

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs, therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity or undue depression in adversity.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

Wisdom is not finally tested by the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

For a king, death is better than dethronement and exile.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to a republic; inasmuch as it is calculated to raise around the administration a moneyed aristocracy dangerous to the liberties of the country.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

Life is a first draft... with NO rewrite.

Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.

An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.