Niki Lauda: A wise man can learn more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.
... And who is the wise man they all speak about, such that is prayerful in every stages of life, such that is patience in the face of like or dislike and such whose heart is full of love and humbleness for others out there. That is indeed a man of g...
The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but...
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
In honesty you have to admit to a wise man that prayer is not for the wise, not for the prudent, not for the sophisticated. Instead it is for those who recognize that in face of their deepest needs, all their wisdom is quite helpless. It is for those...
When someone studies well, has a successful career, or deals with difficulties well, people think he is a wise man. However, such successes do not mean that one is wise. True wisdom is to know with the consciousness of God.
An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late.
Not only were the Jews expecting the birth of a Great King, a Wise Man and a Saviour, but Plato and Socrates also spoke of the Logos and of the Universal Wise Man 'yet to come'. Confucius spoke of 'the Saint'; the Sibyls, of a 'Universal King'; the G...
A certain wise man once said that God didn't play dice with the universe, but that man was wrong. Sometimes I think He must even try Russian roulette.
If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!
You see, Marcus, some things have value yet have no price, and a wise man learns them and their worth. So do not let the standard of the marketplace be your guide. A man goes there for flour and greens, but not for virtue.
A wise man did not pour wildfire on a brazier. Instead he poured a fresh cup of wine.
Or, as Sextus, the ancient Pythagorian philosopher, said, "The wise man is always similar to himself." -
This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
Even a wise man knows doubt from time to time, it is the fool who allows it to rule his judgement.
A wise man once said the fact that everyone lies is a universal truth, the only variable is about what.
Love is not control, Logan. Love is partnership. Friendship. A wise man once said, 'If you want to be loved, be lovable.
Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else.
