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Wise Quotes (page 21)

We look for the Secret - the Philosopher's Stone, the Elixir of the Wise, Supreme Enlightenment, 'God' or whatever...and all the time it is carrying us about...It is the human nervous system itself. Robert Anton Wilson
David Hume quote: "A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence."
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence. David Hume
Dogen Zenji quote: "Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to..."
Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools. Dogen Zenji
Would that the majority could inflict the greatest evils, for they would then be capable of the greatest good, and that would be fine, but now they cannot do either. They cannot make a man either wise or foolish, but they inflict things haphazardly. Socrates
Nora Roberts quote: "You bring the color and the life. It's a lucky man who is..."
You bring the color and the life. It's a lucky man who is offered that color and life, and a wise one who values it. Nora Roberts
It is a three-piece affair, everything quilted, long jacket, waistcoat, and trousers, which have Feet at the ends of them, all in striped silk, a double stripe of some acidick Rose upon Celadon for the Trousers and Waistcoat, and for the Jacket, whose hem touches the floor when, as now, he is seated, a single stripe of teal-blue upon the same color, which is also that of the Revers. . . . It is usually not wise to discuss matters of costume with people who dress like this, -- politics or... Thomas Pynchon
It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course. Henry David Thoreau
Frederick Buechner quote: "To be wise is to be eternally curious."
To be wise is to be eternally curious. Frederick Buechner
Patience is heavenly, obedience is noble, forgiveness is merciful, and exaltation is godly; and he that holds out faithful to the end shall in no wise lose his reward. A good man will endure all things to honor Christ. Joseph Smith, Jr.
I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit. Louisa May Alcott
Craig Ferguson quote: "Strange star-like object over Oslo right before Obama arrives...."
Strange star-like object over Oslo right before Obama arrives. A gift of a golden medal given by a group of wise men... Nah. Craig Ferguson
John Masefield quote: "The days that make us happy make us wise"
The days that make us happy make us wise John Masefield
Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out of you that you will know yourself for one, and begin to be wise. George MacDonald
Then must you speak. Of one that loved not wisely but too well, Of one not easily jealous but, being wrought, Perplexed in the extreme; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away. Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees. Their medicinable gum. Set you down this, And say besides that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turbaned Turk. Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by... William Shakespeare
The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear. Confucius

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