Happy is the man that findeth wisdom and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Wisdom alone is true ambitions aim Wisdom the source of virtue and of fame Obtained with labor for mankind employed And then when most you share it best enjoyed.
Chorus: Zeus who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief of memory; against our pleasure we are temperate.
Humanity has passed through a long history of one?sidedness and of a social condition that has always contained the potential of destruction despite its creative achievements in technology. The great project of our time must be to open the other eye: to see all?sidedly and wholly to heal and transcend the cleavage between humanity and nature that came with early wisdom.
Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man but men capable of wisdom who being put into certain company or other favorable conditions become wise for a short time as glasses rubbed acquire electric power for a while.
Head knowledge is good but heart knowledge is indispensable. The training of the hands and feet must be added to make a rounded education. We must all learn these days to become spiritual pioneers if we would save the world from chaos.
Wisdom has taught us to be calm and meek To take one blow and turn the other cheek; It is not written what a man shall do If the rude caitiff smite the other too!
I have found that great people do have in common…an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have gerat determination as well as an ability to work hard. At the crucial moment of decision they draw on their accumulated wisdom. Above all they have integrity.
Knowledge speaks but wisdom listens.
Wise men make proverbs but fools repeat them.
As the kindled fire consumes the fuel so in the flame of wisdom the embers of action are burnt to ashes.
The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.
Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.
The bird of wisdom flies low and seeks her food under hedges; the eagle himself would be starved if he always soared aloft and against the sun.
Do you not know my son with what little understanding the world is ruled?
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists of being wise in time.
Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile; Filths savour but themselves.
Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Wisdom alone is true ambitions aim Wisdom the source of virtue and of fame Obtained with labor for mankind employed And then when most you share it best enjoyed.
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop Than when we soar
Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.
Chorus: Zeus who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief of memory; against our pleasure we are temperate.
To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge the rational apprehension of things temporal.
ADAGE n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
Humanity has passed through a long history of one?sidedness and of a social condition that has always contained the potential of destruction despite its creative achievements in technology. The great project of our time must be to open the other eye: to see all?sidedly and wholly to heal and transcend the cleavage between humanity and nature that came with early wisdom.
Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man but men capable of wisdom who being put into certain company or other favorable conditions become wise for a short time as glasses rubbed acquire electric power for a while.
It is unwise to be too sure of ones own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Wisdom is never dear provided the article be genuine.
Head knowledge is good but heart knowledge is indispensable. The training of the hands and feet must be added to make a rounded education. We must all learn these days to become spiritual pioneers if we would save the world from chaos.
Of all our possessions wisdom alone is immortal.
Wisdom has taught us to be calm and meek To take one blow and turn the other cheek; It is not written what a man shall do If the rude caitiff smite the other too!
Wisdom often consists of knowing what to do next.
Brute force bereft of wisdom falls to ruin by its own weight. Vis consili expers mole ruit sua.
The only medicine for suffering crime and all the other woes of mankind is wisdom.
I try to get people to see what I have…. When you run a computer company you have to get people to buy into your dreams.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
I have found that great people do have in common…an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have gerat determination as well as an ability to work hard. At the crucial moment of decision they draw on their accumulated wisdom. Above all they have integrity.
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of ones being.
To know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom.
Dost thou not know my son with how little wisdom the world is governed?
Wisdom thoroughly learned will never be forgotten.
Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.
If wisdom were offered me with this restriction that I should keep it close and not communicate it I would refuse the gift.
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
The highest form of wisdom is kindness.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.