“Smart is knowing if you're dumb. Knowing when to shut up and to listen to people that are smarter than you.”
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Wise Quotes — page 96 of 916
“The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.”
“Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity”
“If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.”
“Paper is to write things down that we need to remember. Our brains are used to think.”
“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”
“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”
“My mom taught me a lot. A lot about minding your own business and leaving other people's business alone. And let them think what they want.”
“The way you do anything is the way you do everything.”
“Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints.”
“Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.”
“You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.”
“The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.”
“A fool learns nothing from a wise man; but a wise man learns from a fool.”
“How many understand that Nature is the essential character of whatever is. It's something you'll find by looking not at, but in, always in. It's always inside the thing, and it makes the outside. And some day, when you get sufficiently proficient in understanding the use of the term, you can tell by the outside pretty much from what's inside.”
“Nothing goes to waste on the journey of life. Both good and bad experiences shape your mind and heart for what is to come.”
“The views of men can only be known, or guessed at, by their words or actions.”
“Follow me, the wise man said, but he walked behind.”
“People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.”
“To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all to one's own!”