Wise Quotes

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.

Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later the victory is sure to come

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

Of all knowledge the wise and good seek most to know themselves.

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.

The man who is truly wise knows that he knows very little.

I am very conscious that I am not wise at all.

The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.