Wisdom Quotes - Page 93

Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

The most certain sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness; her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene.

Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.

Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.

Every silver lining has a cloud.

One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.

The tolerance within the body of Islam was, and is, something without parallel in history; class and race and color ceasing altogether to be barriers.

It is discouraging to try to penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take some of the rigidity out of it.

When you make yourself into zero, your power becomes invincible.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.

Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.

Observe how endings become beginnings.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.

Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.

Christ is the most perfect image of God, into which we are so renewed as to bear the image of God, in knowledge, purity, righteousness, and true holiness.

If we judge others, it is because we are judging something in ourselves of which we are unaware.

Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can.

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

It may well be that you are in a bad state, but to keep company with someone worse than you would allow to see good in yourself.

Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them

Success: The successful person is willing to do what the unsuccessful person is not willing to do. Draw a profile of success in whatever you are choosing to improve. If you are willing to do what that profile demands, then you have a credible demand of success. If you are not willing to do that then it just will not be there for you. You can't have the one without the other.