“Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.”
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Wise Quotes — page 117 of 916
“I have to say that the judges and our judiciary system makes better decisions than the politicians.”
“The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.”
“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.”
“Education is the ability to perceive the hidden connections between phenomena.”
“I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me.”
“Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.”
“Human society is made up of partialities. Each citizen has an interest and a view of his own, which, if followed out to the extreme, would leave no room for any other citizen.”
“It is not the answers you give, but the questions you ask.”
“Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.”
“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.”
“There is only one good. And that is to act according to the dictates of one's conscience.”
“Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.”
“Power is knowing your past.”
“The law must be stable, but it must not stand still.”
“10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.”
“I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.”
“The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible.”
“Open yourself to the truth, then trust in your natural responses, and everything will fall into place.”
“On his daughter Malala Yousafzai: When she was very small I used to say to her, 'tell me Malala, how is the school going?' And she'd say 'it is so-so, you should change this and this...' I trusted her wisdom.”