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Wise Quotes (page 12)

Chris[topher] Reeve wisely parsed the difference between optimism and hope. Unlike optimism, he said, 'Hope is the product of knowledge and the projection of where the knowledge can take us. Michael J. Fox
People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately. Oscar Wilde
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to..."
Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely. Fyodor Dostoevsky
The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies. Mortimer Adler
Albert Einstein quote: "An intelligent man solves the problem, a wise man avoids it."
An intelligent man solves the problem, a wise man avoids it. Albert Einstein
We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good. We'll do the best we know. We'll build our house and chop our wood. And make our garden grow. And make our garden grow! Leonard Bernstein
How grateful we should be that a wise Creator fashioned an earth and placed us here, with a veil of forgetfulness of our previous existence so that we might experience a time of testing, an opportunity to prove ourselves in order to qualify for all that God has prepared for us to receive. Thomas S. Monson
George R. R. Martin quote: "Now here is a riddle,” Melisandre said. “A clever fool and a..."
Now here is a riddle,” Melisandre said. “A clever fool and a foolish wise man. George R. R. Martin
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "anyone can create the future but only a wise man can create..."
anyone can create the future but only a wise man can create the past Vladimir Nabokov
Euripides quote: "The good and wise lead quite lives"
The good and wise lead quite lives Euripides
Democritus quote: "The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great..."
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world Democritus
If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind. Khalil Gibran
These books have not made George nobler or better or more truly wise. It is just that he likes listening to their voices, the one or the other, acording to his mood. He misuses them quite ruthlessly - despite the respectful way he has to talk about them in public - to put him to bed, to take his mind off the hands of the clock, to relax the nagging of his pyloric spasm, to gossip him out of his melancholy, to trigger the conditioned reflexes of his colon. Christopher Isherwood
If we would know true love and understanding one for another, we must realize that communication is more than a sharing of words. It is the wise sharing of emotions, feelings, and concerns. It is the sharing of oneself totally. Marvin J. Ashton
We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said." Love is the only rational act. Morrie Schwartz

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