Quotes by Wisdom We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. Helen Keller wisdompatienceinspirational The libertarian good society lies... in the maximum dispersion of property compatible with effective production or, as process, in progressive reconciliation of conflicts between equality and efficiency. Such process involves increasing dispersion both of wealth among persons and families and of proximate productional control among enterprises or firms. Henry Calvert Simons politicswisdomlying No words, phrases, or sentences are capable of describing or naming the Way, because once it is named, it is a false name and has to be eliminated. Once it is eliminated, only emptiness is left. When the false is abandoned, the true emerges. Henry Chang attachmentwisdomnames Nothing is more urgent than a serious, dare I say compassionate, debate as to where we are going at home and abroad. Technicians cannot master revolutions; every great achievement was an idea before it became a reality. Cathedrals cannot be built by those who are paralyzed by doubt or consumed by cynicism. If a society loses the capacity for great conception, it can be administered but not governed. Henry A. Kissinger wisdomhomereality We have been counseled to "seek . . . out of the best books words of wisdom." It is pointed out in Proverbs, "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom." (Proverbs 4:7.) But in getting wisdom and getting knowledge, above all we should "get understanding." It is important to learn a profession, learn a trade. That applies not only to the young men, but it applies to you young women as well. You girls should place yourselves in a position to be self-supporting and independent in the event that tragedy or an emergency comes, for emergencies have come and will continue to come. Henry D. Taylor girlwisdombook Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. Henri Frederic Amiel wisdomheartmen To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see. Helen Keller life-and-lovewisdomsuccess Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature. Henry Home, Lord Kames wisdomgivingmen It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau businesswisdomwise Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. Helen Keller wisdompatienceinspirational If you would have the slave show the virtues of the freeman, you must first make him free. Henry George politicswisdomfirsts Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. Henry David Thoreau wisdomcharactertravel The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract. Henry James Sumner Maine progressive-societymovementwisdom Oh, my ways are strange ways and new ways and old ways, And deep ways and steep ways and high ways and low, I'm at home and at ease on a track that I know not, And restless and lost on a road that I know. Henry Lawson wisdomhometravel We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us. Henry Lawson independenceeyewisdom It is quite time that our children were taught a little more about their country, for shame's sake. Henry Lawson wisdomcountrychildren I’ve never seen anyone rehabilitated by punishment. Henry Lawson punishmentaustraliawisdom I no longer want to walk on worn soles. Friedrich Nietzsche wisdomwisewant To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success. Henry Ford helping-otherswisdommotivational The word capital, as philologists trace it, comes down to us from a time when wealth was estimated in cattle, and a man's income depended upon the number of head he could keep for their increase. Henry George wisdomnumbersmen«7374757677787980818283»
