Quotes about wise
wise sorry war
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise. H. G. Wells
wise real men
The highfalutin aims of democracy, whether real or imaginary, are always assumed to be identical with its achievements. This, of course, is sheer hallucination. Not one of those aims, not even the aim of giving every adult a vote, has been realized. It has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. H. L. Mencken
wise gratitude flower
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin or when he sees silver he looks for the cloud it lines. A wise happy person does the exact opposite.
wise men foolish-man
Some immemorial imbecilities have been added deliberately, on the ground that it is just as interesting to note how foolish men have been as to note how wise they have been.
wise wisdom women
No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.
wise running wisdom
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
wise freedom men
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
wise writing said
A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader Guillermo Cabrera Infante
wise clever believe
Any legend, any creature, any symbol we ever stumble on, already exists in a vast cosmic reservoir where archetypes wait. Shapes looming outside our Platonic cave. We naturally believe ourselves clever and wise, so advanced, and those who came before us so naïve and simple…when all we truly do is echo the order of the universe, as it guides us… Guillermo del Toro
wise song artist
I've always loved doing covers. Some artists don't like covers. Some listeners don't like covers. But I love them. It gives you a new perspective production-wise. It's easier for me, if I'm starting a new record, I like to produce a few songs that aren't mine just so it frees me up not to worry about it so much. Greg Laswell
wise believe men
We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert. J. Robert Oppenheimer
wise strong adversity
May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
wise zero
To create is always to learn, to begin over, to begin at zero. Matthew Fox
wise thinking people
People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise. Mary Wortley Montagu
wise innovation prejudice
When any prevailing prejudice is attacked, the wise will consider, and leave the narrow-minded to rail with thoughtless vehemence at innovation. Mary Wollstonecraft
wise men feet
Make them free, and they will quickly become wise and virtous, as men become more so; for the improvement must be mutual, or the injustice which one half of the human race are obliged to submit to, retorting on their oppressors, the virtue of men will be worm-eaten by the insect whom he keeps under his feet
wise eye mind
Try seeing your world and yourself this way, eyes open to whatever is before you, mind free of dichotomies. Are you good or bad, fragile or tough, wise or foolish? Yes. And so am I. Martha Beck
wise teaching ignorance
What wise God would consign a man to Hell for ignorance, instead of teaching him better in the afterlife? Marion Zimmer Bradley
wise taken advice
Unfortunately, I was not wise enough to listen to her advice, and hastily married. In a few weeks, I had occasion to repent of the step I had taken, as the report proved true - a report which I thought justified, and indeed required, our separation. Maria Monk
wise art character
Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people will make of the blessings which a gracious God hath bestowed on us. If they are wise, they will be great and happy. If they are of a contrary character, they will be miserable. Righteousness alone can exalt them as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this: and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, an encourage it in others. Patrick Henry
wise mother grandma
Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric. Pam Brown
wise horse equestrian
A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks - but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more then a loan.
wise perfect doubt
Since the fabric of the universe is most perfect and the work of a most wise Creator, nothing at all takes place in the universe in which some rule of maximum or minimum does not appear ... there is absolutely no doubt that every affect in the universe can be explained satisfactorily from final causes, by the aid of the method of maxima and minima, as it can be from the effective causes themselves ... Of course, when the effective causes are too obscure, but the final causes are readily ascertained, the problem is commonly solved by the indirect method... Leonhard Euler
wise country lying
We [ with Russel Crowe] had an Arabic coach there [ in the Body of Lies] that was really helpful, because it was more so than any accent. You have to be so exact, and there's different dialects of Arabic from country to country so it was really, really difficult to tell you the truth. And one of the hardest things I've ever had to do language-wise, because it comes from the throat. It's different. And also learning about the customs and the culture and all that, so we had advisors for that sort of thing. Leonardo DiCaprio
wise art sleep
O sleepers! what a thing is slumber! Sleep resembles death. Ah, why then dost thou not work in such wise as that after death thou mayst retain a resemblance to perfect life, when, during life, thou art in sleep so like to the hapless dead? Leonardo da Vinci
wise evil doe
The evil which does me no harm is like the good which in no wise avails me.
wise wine rose
Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses. Oscar Wilde
wise wisdom yoga
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
wise women future
I like men who have a future and women who have a past.
wise tree owl
There was a wise old owl who sat in a tree The less he spoke the more he heard The more he heard the less he spoke Why can't we be like that wise old owl in the tree? Speech must die to serve that which is spoken. Paul Ricoeur
wise decisions-we-make parent
I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things. My parents are so amazing, they're brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise about the decisions we make and keep our values and the things that are important. Naomi Scott
wise men mystery
Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them Miriam Makeba
wise biblical thinking
If we think of the Holy Spirit only as an impersonal power or influence, then our thought will constantly be, how can I get hold of and use the Holy Spirit; but if we think of Him in the biblical way as a divine Person, infinitely wise, infinitely holy, infinitely tender, then our thought will constantly be, 'How can the Holy Spirit get hold of and use me?' R. A. Torrey