Quotes by Wisdom One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him. Immanuel Kant changewisdominspirational Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths. Isaac of Nineveh wisdomwiseclever I have said that I'm not running and I'm having a great time being pres — being a first-term senator. Hillary Clinton wisdomrunningfirsts Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. Isaac Newton wisdompositiveart It is weight that gives meaning to weightlessness. Isamu Noguchi wisdommeaningfulgiving To understand is to perceive patterns. Isaiah Berlin patternsunderstandingwisdom Honour may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power. Ishida Mitsunari respectwisdomwinning It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs, therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity or undue depression in adversity. Isocrates wisdommistakedepression Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise - even in their own field. Isaac Asimov wisdomwiseknowledge Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times. Horace follywisdom The only limitations are the ones we put on ourselves. Ita Buttrose limitationwisdom Only a loser finds it impossible to accept a temporary setback. A winner asks why. Ita Buttrose loserwisdomimpossible Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance. Isaac Asimov ignorancewisdomwise One rabbi compared wise men studying the law to children tossing a ball to one another: a first sage said the meaning was this, another said the meaning was that, one gave his opinion, another begged to differ. Israel Shenker wisdomwisechildren The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted. Immanuel Kant dignityrespectwisdom A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men. When the majority shall at length vote for the abolition of slavery, it will be because they are indifferent to slavery, or because there is but little slavery left to be abolished by their vote. They will then be the only slaves. Only his vote can hasten the abolition of slavery who asserts his own freedom by his vote. Henry David Thoreau wisdomwisemen If thou art able, O stranger, to find out all these things and gather them together in your mind, giving all the relations, thou shalt depart crowned with glory and knowing that thou hast been adjudged perfect in this species of wisdom. Ivor Bulmer-Thomas knowingwisdomart The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue. Ivan Panin wisdomwisemen More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them J. Harold Smith wisdommistakework My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve. J. C. Watts wisdomfatherhands«8485868788899091929394»
