Patience is the companion of wisdom.
The highest happiness of man... is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable.
While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Vision is the art of seeing things invisible to others.
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of he main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.
The goal of education is to replace an empty mind with an open mind.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Take rest. A field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
Six essential qualities are the key to success: sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.
When in charge ponder. When in trouble delegate. When in doubt mumble.
Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.
Don''t approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back or a fool from any side.
Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Fear less, hope more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.
Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself.
When small men begin to cast long shadows, it is a sure sign that the sun is setting.
Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.
We judge a man''s wisdom by his hope.
The ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.
Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands - a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
We owe almost all of our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those who have differed.
Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
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