Words may show a man’s wit but actions his meaning.
Benjamin FranklinKnowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
Carl JungGreat thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Theodore RooseveltOld age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
ConfuciusThe wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
Lao TzuCommon sense is not so common.
VoltaireLight troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaA good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.
Joel OsteenThe wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
ChanakyaAwareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.
Bertrand RussellLife’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
Benjamin FranklinTo explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. ‚Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after you.
Isaac NewtonIf you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn’t do anything to you, but since you aren’t wise, you need us who are old.
Martin LutherUntil he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Albert SchweitzerIt would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
Katharine HepburnThe true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Samuel JohnsonI began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.
Fidel CastroLong before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.
C. S. LewisThe person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
Jean-Jacques RousseauLet us fill our hearts with our own compassion – towards ourselves and towards all living beings.
Thich Nhat HanhSo the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing.
Alan WattsA hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.
ConfuciusOur task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
Albert EinsteinRisk is a part of God’s game, alike for men and nations.
Warren BuffettMen are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.
Arthur SchopenhauerBy letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
Lao TzuFear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
J. K. RowlingThose thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.
William JamesI’m too busy acting like I’m not Naive. I’ve seen it all, I was here first.
Kurt CobainI’ll die a crazy old man!
Conor McGregorMy mom, she was a very, very soft woman. It was hard for her to yell or even curse. But when it came to fighting for her kids, she found a strength she didn’t always know she had.
Angelina JolieTricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest.
Benjamin FranklinDon’t swap horses in crossing a stream.
Abraham LincolnPeople who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Jean-Jacques RousseauCunning… is but the low mimic of wisdom.
PlatoIt seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.
John C. MaxwellMen create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.
AristotleIn three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
Robert FrostHe who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaAnd I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.
Michelle ObamaThere are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.
Franz KafkaEvery man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.
William ShakespeareThe healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
Carl JungAnger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Mahatma GandhiI do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Thomas CarlyleOne Buddha is not enough; we need to have many Buddhas.
Thich Nhat HanhThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
AristotleMen are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
Niccolo MachiavelliI have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.
Erma BombeckI have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.
Thomas JeffersonA lie cannot live.
Martin Luther King, Jr.The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
PlatoWhile we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?
George Bernard ShawIgnorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThomas Jefferson once said, ‚We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.‘ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
Ronald ReaganOne science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Alexander PopeA gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaThe poorest people are the sweetest people.
Denzel Washington