“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
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Wise Quotes — page 11 of 916
“The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.”
“In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture”
“The whole point of Jesus's life was not that we should become exactly like him, but that we should become ourselves in the same way he became himself. Jesus was not the great exception but the great example.”
“The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.”
“A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.”
“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.”
“When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.”
“Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.”
“Experience is the teacher of all things.”
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
“Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate. More money has been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined. The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate.”
“Politics have no relation to morals.”
“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.”
“Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.”
“It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.”
“Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.”
“It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”
“Don't let your brain interfere with your heart.”
“The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every man a true reflection of his own thoughts. Rule your mind or it will rule you.”