The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.

Some will not look on suffering because it creates responsibility.

Human progress is furthered, not by conformity, but by aberration.

With age comes a greater wisdom, an ease and comfort with oneself.

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Matter can never give you joy. It's the Spirit that gives you joy.

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

By wisdom wealth is won; but riches purchased wisdom yet for none.

A shocked sense of justice has to be removed and justice restored.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

I will not serve Allah like a laborer, in expectation of my wages.

The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.

It is because the old have forgotten life that they preach wisdom.

He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his hear.

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.

Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

Man has an inexhuastible faculty for lying, especially to himself.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.

Wisdom is not knowledge, but lies in the use we make of knowledge.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.

Kindness always starts with noticing the needs and hurts of others.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Remember that life is not measured in hours but in accomplishments.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Can we not interpret our adult wisdom into the language of boyhood?

Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeated all things.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell.

Only your ascent is important. Once you ascend, everything is saved

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.

Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.

The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth

Listening causes me to find the existence of truth behind the veil.

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