723 quotes found
“Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man's ignorance.”
“To be beyond yourself is the gate to wisdom. ”
“If we deny the thirst of love, we stand to lose the last known address of the stranger whithin us. ”
“Whoever lost the truth has lost him/her self. ”
“The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.”
“Guts are important. Your guts are what digest things. But it is your brains that tell you which things to swallow and which not to swallow.”
“Die Welt ist von Narren geschaffen, damit Weise in ihr Leben.”
“It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire.”
“Wisdom is not having God's perspective of the whole matter before us, but having God's perspective about what next response will honor Him while keeping us still usable to Him.”
“People who actually have good advice seldom give it voluntarily, instead others seek them out for it. They do not shove it down people's throats just to boost their exaggerated sense of importance.”
“Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.”
“You call forth the world which God has formed and that world only. Nor is this life of yours by which you set such store your doing, however you may choose to tell it. Its shape was forced in the v...”
“Feel not obliged to make good use of every ripe fruit on the vine.”
“A wise man is able to differentiate between humility and weakness, he does not mistake courage for pride.”
“Human nature is all alike.”
“We are exactly where we have chosen to be.”
“It takes 43 muscles to frown and 3 to raise the middle finger.”
“I hate wise men because they are lazy, cowardly, and prudent. To the philosophers' equanimity, which makes them indifferent to both pleasure and pain, I prefer devouring passions. The sage knows ne...”
“men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success”
“It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.”
