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Wise Man Quotes (page 6)

Confucius quote: "When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the..."
When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger. Confucius
I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed. W. Somerset Maugham
From that time forth he believed that the wise man is one who never sets himself apart from other living things, whether they have speech or not, and in later years he strove long to learn what can be learned, in silence, from the eyes of animals, the flight of birds, the great slow gestures of trees. Ursula K. Le Guin
A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the search for Truth, Beauty and Love. What more is needed? Should there be a ‘meaning’ as well, that will be a bonus? If we waste time looking for life’s meaning, we may have no time to live — or to play. Arthur C. Clarke
Horace quote: "In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation..."
In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war. Horace
Aristotle quote: "To write well, express yourself like the common people, but..."
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man. Aristotle
I am not a ‘wise man,’ nor . . . shall I ever be. And so require not from me that I should be equal to the best, but that I should be better than the wicked. It is enough for me if every day I reduce the number of my vices, and blame my mistakes. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Neil Gaiman quote: "The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells..."
The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows. Neil Gaiman
Wilkie Collins quote: "The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise..."
The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out. Wilkie Collins
The impression made on a wise man is that of universal innocence. Poison is not poisonous after all, nor are any wounds fatal. Compassion is a very untenable ground. It must be expeditious. Its pleadings will not bear to be stereotyped. Henry David Thoreau
Keep the extent of your abilities unknown. The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to be sounded to the bottom, if he desires to be honored at all. He allows you to know them but not to comprehend them. No one must know the extent of his abilities, lest he be disappointed. No one ever has an opportunity of fathoming him entirely. For guesses and doubts about the extent of his talents arouse more veneration than accurate knowledge of them, be they ever so great. Baltasar Gracian
Martin Luther King jr. quote: "Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while..."
Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality. Martin Luther King jr.
When the glamour wears off, or merely works a bit thin, they think they have made a mistake, and that the real soul-mate is still to find. . . And of course they are as a rule quite right: they did make a mistake. Only a very wise man at the end of his life could make a sound judgment concerning whom, amongst the total chances, he ought most profitably to have married! Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even... J. R. R. Tolkien
The anthropologists got it wrong when they named our species Homo sapiens ('wise man'). In any case it's an arrogant and bigheaded thing to say, wisdom being one of our least evident features. In reality, we are Pan narrans, the storytelling chimpanzee. Terry Prachett
The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found. Epicurus

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