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The toughest test of good judgment is to know when to withhold your better judgment.
My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint.
Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
The wise are known by their actions; fame and immortality are ever their attendants.
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Whosoever loveth wisdom is righteous, but he that keepeth company with fowl is weird.
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools.
A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.
A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.
I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn't taught by men - it's a gift from God.
Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.
The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am
Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.
Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate
Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.
Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things.
We must meet the uncertainties of this world with the certainty of the world to come.
Pilgrimage to the place of the wise is to find escape from the flame of separateness.
Solitude is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it.
Women never use their intelligence, except when they need to prop up their intuition.
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
Pure wisdom always directs itself towards God; the purest wisdom is knowledge of God.
We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.
To wilful men, the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters.
You must become the producer, director and actor in the unfolding story of your life.
This I know... That often when I sang, and drummed, and danced, I found my eternity.
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
The point is to make the pie grow faster and distribute the new growth more equitably.
Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man.
The vine-stock bears fruit as long as it is attached to its stem; apart from that, no.
Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life.
Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more.
Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.
Thinking is not enough. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any... thing.
When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.
One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies.
Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.