Quotes by Wisdom The dissolution of society bids fair to become the termination of a career of which property is the end and aim, because such a career contains the elements of self-destruction. Democracy in government, brotherhood in society, equality in rights and privileges, and universal education, foreshadow the next higher plane of society to which experience, intelligence and knowledge are steadily tending. Lewis Henry Morgan governmentwisdomrights A clever man without wisdom is like a beautiful flower without fragrance. Leonardo da Vinci wisdomcleverbeautiful You don't get into trouble because of the things you don't know. It is the things you don't know you don't know that really get you into a mess. Leonardo da Vinci messtroublewisdom Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic. Lewis Carroll mathematical-logicwisdomghouls Man's Chief purpose is the creation and preservation of values; that is what gives meaning to our civilization, and the participation in this is what gives significance, ultimately, to the individual human life. Lewis Mumford wisdommencivilization When counting, try not to mix chickens with blessings. Leonardo da Vinci wisdomblessingtrying The way to test a man's sincerity is to serve him a bad cup of coffee. If he doesn't comment, he is not to be trusted. Lilian Jackson Braun coffeewisdommen Take every opportunity that comes your way. You should never, never see an opportunity in the eye and pass by. Never! Lillian Frank eyewisdomopportunity Just as iron rusts from disuse, and stagnant water putrefies, or when cold turns to ice, so our intellect wastes unless it is kept in use. Leonardo da Vinci wisdominspirationallife Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth. Lillian Hellman wisdomtruthlove The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. Lin Yutang wisdomsimpleletting-go These days I love to take in the sunset because every time I do so I remember how lucky I am to be alive. That's a great relationship to have with the setting sun. Lincoln Hall sunsetwisdomadventure Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do. Lin Yutang volleyballwisdominspirational Keep your eyes wide open in the darkest of times. Only then you can rely on shooting stars. Lincoln Hall starseyewisdom The mountain is a mirror, where climbers look to find themselves. They discover their frailty, take heart from their strengths, drink deep of the insights. Lincoln Hall wisdomheartadventure Whoever despises the high wisdom of mathematics nourishes himself on delusion and will never still the sophistic sciences whose only product is an eternal uproar. Leonardo da Vinci eternitywisdommath When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean. Linji Yixuan wisdomwiseclever Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy. Liu Xiaobo blockwisdomstruggle The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things rotten through and through, to avoid. Livy wisdommotivationalinspirational We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. Lloyd Alexander strengthwisdomeducation«113114115116117118119120121122123»
