“A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.”
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Wise Quotes — page 34 of 916
“You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise.”
“Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.”
“Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.”
“Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know.”
“You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”
“No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.”
“I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'”
“I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.”
“Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”
“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”
“The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth - soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife.”
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”
“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.”
“The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.”
“When you start looking at a problem and it seems really simple, you don't really understand the complexity of the problem. Then you get into the problem, and you see that it's really complicated, and you come up with all these convoluted solutions. That's sort of the middle, and that's where most people stop... But the really great person will keep on going and find the key, the underlying principle of the problem - and come up with an elegant, really beautiful solution that works.”
“The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.”
“Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
“Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.”
“You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.”