Wise Quotes - Page 59

It is a revolutionary experience. That's the best way I can describe it. It transforms you completely, in a second. Nature is very wise and gives you nine months to prepare, but in that moment-when you see that face, you are transformed forever.

Everything is sorrow for the wise.

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.

Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.

The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"

Man is wise ... when he recognizes no greater enemy than himself.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have.

Every Christian leader should have this engraved in his subconscious. No matter what you do, never take yourself too seriously God always chooses the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. He shows his might only on the behalf of those who trust in Him. Humility is the place where all christian service begins.

At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?

Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish.

I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

What I am thinking and doing day by day is resistlessly shaping my future, — a future in which there is no expiation except through my own better conduct. No one can save me. No one can live my life for me. It is mine for better or for worse. If I am wise, I shall begin to-day by the simplest and most natural of all processes to build my own truer and better world from within.

Being, be bold and venture to be wise.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.

A wise man once told me- he’s a muslim by the way- that he has more in common with a jew than he does a fanatic of his own religion. He has more in common with a rational, reasonable-minded Christian or a Buddhist or Hindu than he does with a fanatic of his own religion. In fact, he has more in common with a ration, reasonable-minded atheist than he does with a fanatic of his own religion

It's easier to be original and foolish than original and wise.

I saw in 'the wandering Jew' the personification of the Jewish people, exiled in the Middle Ages. Nevertheless, they are once again extremely rich, owing to their unfailing rude greediness and their indefatigable activity. With their hard-heartedness that they extend toward people of other faiths and races they are at the point of making themselves kings of the world. This people can thank its obstinacy that France will be Judized within fifty years. Already some wise Jews prophesy this frankly.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers.