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The days that make us happy make us wise
Sep 10, 2025
We do not read to pass the time, but to inhabit time.
Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly . . .
I write not to record what I think but to discover what I think
Know well what holds you back, and what moves you forward
Be deeply satisfied and ready for more.
Walk lightly through life.
We must have passed through life unobservantly, if we have never perceived that a man is very much himself what he thinks of others.
People cannot go wrong, if you don't let them. They cannot go right, unless you let them.
A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.
One is more apt to become wise by doing fool things than by reading wise sayings.
Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings.
I said that I loved the wise proverb, Brief, simple and deep; For it I'd exchange the great poem That sends us to sleep.
We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.
It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.
If you want to be a wise person, you need a Bible.
Wise people are in want of nothing, and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not understand how to use anything, but are in want of everything.
The best fights are the ones you don't have", a wise man once said to me.
As a wise man once said, 'If not us, then who; if not now, then when?'
You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less
Violence won't solve a thing. It makes it more challenging to solve, though.
Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.
The more he became truly wise, the more he distrusted everything he knew.
Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them.
Usually, when you can't overcome the obstacles in your path, it's not your path.
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror, which reflects every object without being sullied by any
My body is very wise; it knows how to heal itself.
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind.
The greatest wisdom often consist in ignorance.
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
If there's one thing I can't bear, it's people who are wise during the event.
Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities.
He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed.
Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,-"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost."
The ego is entranced by ... names and ideas... However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.
I suggest...that you develop early in life the habit of retiring and arising early. You remember the advice of Ben Franklin: "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease.
Man is born only as a potential. He can become a thorn for himself and for others, he can also become a flower for himself and for others.
He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.
The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things because they don't look for recognition. Their wisdom is contained in what they are, not their opinions. They refuse to argue, so no-one argues with them.
A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.
That prayer has great power which a person makes with all his might. It makes a sour heart sweet, a sad heart merry, a poor heart rich, a foolish heart wise, a timid heart brave, a sick heart well, a blind heart full of sight, a cold heart ardent. It draws down the great God into the little heart; it drives the hungry soul up into the fullness of God; it brings together two lovers, God and the soul, in a wondrous place where they speak much of love.
Any legend, any creature, any symbol we ever stumble on, already exists in a vast cosmic reservoir where archetypes wait. Shapes looming outside our Platonic cave. We naturally believe ourselves clever and wise, so advanced, and those who came before us so naïve and simple...when all we truly do is echo the order of the universe, as it guides us.
A President and his wise men can only propose; but Congress disposes. It is when President and Congress agree that American history marches forward.
He shall despise none, but hear the opinions of all. A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance.
To appreciate nonsense you must first acquire wisdom, then compromise the two; only then will the fool understand you, and believe himself to be wise.
We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. So acknowledging foolishness is always a very important and powerful experience. The phenomenal world can be perceived and seen properly if we see it from the perspective of being a fool. There is very little distance between being a fool and being wise; they are extremely close. When we are really, truly fools, when we actually acknowledge our foolishness, then we are way ahead. We are not even in the process of becoming wise — we are already wise.