Quotes by Wisdom One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach. Ali ibn Abi Talib islamic capacity wisdom Noble man remembers nothing good he did for others. Ali-Shir Nava'i noble-man wisdom men Those who Know they do not Know that to Know is to Know what they do not Know! Ali Sina islamic wisdom knowledge You don't need organized religion to connect with the universe. Often a church is the only place you can go to find peace and quiet... But it shouldn't be confused with connecting with one's spirit. Alice Walker confused church wisdom One thing that never ceases to amaze me, along with the growth of vegetation from the earth and of hair from the head, is the growth of understanding. Alice Walker understanding wisdom hair Haste is good only in catching fleas. Alla Yaroshinskaya fleas haste wisdom Because systems of mass communication can communicate only officially acceptable levels of reality, no one can know the extent of the secret unconscious life. No one in America can know what will happen. No one is in real control. Allen Ginsberg real wisdom life Dance training can't be separate from life training. Everything that comes into our lives is training. The qualities we admire in great dancing are the same qualities we admire in human beings: honesty, courage, fearlessness, generosity, wisdom, depth, compassion,and humanity. Alonzo King dance wisdom life You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment. Alvin Toffler thought-provoking data wisdom Knowledge is the most democratic source of power. Alvin Toffler wisdom inspirational knowledge Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. Ambrose Bierce wisdom wise education The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff. Ambrose Bierce wisdom clever lying ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble. Ambrose Bierce wisdom latin america MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration. Ambrose Bierce crowds political wisdom EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Ambrose Bierce prose wisdom sometimes APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. Ambrose Bierce aphorism wisdom ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth. Ambrose Bierce teeth wisdom weak OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the doer had when he performed it. Ambrose Bierce light disappointment wisdom REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work upon a book, and so read out of it/ The qualities that you have first read into it. Ambrose Bierce wisdom truth book Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. Ambrose Bierce recognise-you experience wisdom «910111213141516171819»