Quotes of: Wise Keyword

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

Words cannot always do the work we need them to. Music is there for when words fail us.

The Wise Man's Fear

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

The Wise Man's Fear

I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.

The Wise Man's Fear

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

Euripides

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

Moliere

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

I would say that the West is very young, it's very corrupt. We're not very wise. And I think we're hopeful that there is a place that is ancient and wise and open and filled with light.

Richard Gere