The wise are above books.
I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I've never been bored in my life.
The will of God is sweet tonight, altogether ‘good and acceptable and perfect. ’ The considerate love of the Lord Jesus for us seems such a kind thing now. I know it has always been so, but somehow I didn’t see how wise it was when it didn’t seem kind… Remind me of this when I cannot regard His love as considerate some time.
simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them".
Sometimes in life it is most wise to behave like a bridge: Don't judge the person who comes to you; let him come and pass! Behave like a bridge!
We never really are the adults we pretend to be. We wear the mask and perhaps the clothes and posture of grown-ups, but inside ourskin we are never as wise or as sure or as strong as we want to convince ourselves and others we are. We may fool all the rest of the people all of the time, but we never fool our parents. They can see behind the mask of adulthood. To her mommy and daddy, the empress never has on any clothes--and knows it.
If I ever acquire wisdom, I suppose I'll be wise enough to know what to do with it.
O you virtuous owle, The wise Minerva's only fowle.
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.
Yes, I'm nervous. You'll find in time most people are. They simply learn better how to disguise it, and sometimes, if they're wise, how to use their anxiety to serve the public good.
Essentially, the obligation of conservative media is to question what's going on, and say, "Is this something that is the right thing to do? Is it something that's constitutional? Is it something that is even wise to do?" I think that's true regardless of who's in power.
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.
Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven.
I will venture to assert that no combination of designing men under heaven will be capable of making a government unpopular which is in its principles a wise and good one, and vigorous in its operations.
When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.
Answers make you wise, but questions make you human.
Time cannot be recycled. When a moment has gone, it is really gone. Wise time management is really wise management of ourselves.
The rich man can afford to be happy and wise; the poor man is wiser still, for he understands sadness.