Quotes of: Wise-person Keyword

This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

God Emperor of Dune

Even a wise man knows doubt from time to time, it is the fool who allows it to rule his judgement.

The Goblin Market

We must not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.

The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

Wisdom makes decisions today that will still be good tomorrow.

The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

I've got the baby here," Imogene barked at the Wise Men. "Don touch him! I named him Jesus.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

Akhenaton

A wise man once said the fact that everyone lies is a universal truth, the only variable is about what.

Happy Valentine's Slay

Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough.

Killosophy

Love is not control, Logan. Love is partnership. Friendship. A wise man once said, 'If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Stranded with a Billionaire

Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else.

Siddhartha

Wise man can make people hear more lessons than words spoken.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.

Selected Stories

I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.

The Wise Man's Fear

My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.

The Wise Man's Fear

There is a great difference between a gift given freely, and one that's meant to tie you to a man.

The Wise Man's Fear

She smiled like knife on a velvet, she stretched like cat on the sun.

The Wise Man's Fear

They were the best sort of friends. The sort everyone hopes for but no one deserves, least of all me.

The Wise Man's Fear

When someone tells you a piece of their life, they’re giving you a gift, not granting you your due.

The Wise Man's Fear

If I ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for speaking.

The Wise Man's Fear

He suggested several unpleasant, unsanitary things I could do to myself at my earliest convenience.

The Wise Man's Fear

A tree doesn't make a thunderstorm, but any fool knows where lighting´s going to strike".

The Wise Man's Fear