T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The wise do not investigate such silliness.”
Source: Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.”
“The wise does not think that only he is right -thus he knows the truth.”
“The wise don’t suffer their sufferings.”
“The wise duck keeps his mouth shut when he smells frogs.”
Source: THE KAI LUNG FANTASY SERIES: The Wallet of Kai Lung, Kai Lung's Golden Hours & Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat: The Transmutation of Ling, The Story of Yung Chang, The Probation of Sen Heng, The Experiment of the Mandarin Chan Hung, The Confession of Kai Lung, The Vengeance of Tung Fel and more
“The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.”
“The wise find pleasure in using a product until it is no longer usable; the foolish, in replacing an old but still usable product with a brand new one.”
“The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“The wise form right judgment of the present from what is past.”
“The wise gambler knows when to stop. The bold gambler knows when the only choice is to bet everything.”
Source: The Phoenix and the Firebird
“The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.”
“The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
[The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.]”
“The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.”
“The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.”
“The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters.”
“The wise healer endures the pain. Cry. Tears bring joy.”
“The wise individual doesn't get too attached to any of life's pleasures, knowing that wonderful science is hard at work proving it's bad for him.”
“The wise is a fool aware of the reasons for his sorrow
His mind on the opportune moment recovering a key memory
The fool is the one who thinks wisdom to be an incessant state of mind”
Source: Aether
“The wise king is the one who knows he isn't.”
Source: Steel Crow Saga
“The wise know the art of switching between
understanding and knowledge.
They understand with knowledge at a visible
distance and know while understanding the
predominance of exceptions.”
“The wise know their days are numbered and act accordingly.”
Source: Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want
“The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.”
“The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows.”
Source: The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Jefferson Bible,
“The wise leader doesn’t suppress emotion they shape it into strength.”
Source: The Calm Within the Storm: Leading Beyond Ego
“The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.”
“The wise leader speaks rarely and briefly. After all, no other natural outpouring goes on and on. It rains and then it stops. It thunders and then it stops.”
Source: The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age
“The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way.”
Source: Before the Sabbath
“The wise learn from the mistakes of others, it's the fool that wants to make their own mistakes.”
“The wise learn many things from their enemies.”
Source: The comedies of Aristophanes
“The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law what has already become the custom of the people.”
“The wise maketh every thing the means of advantage; and with the same countenance beholdeth he all the faces of fortune: he governeth the good, he conquereth the evil; he is unmov'd in all. Presume not in prosperity, neither despair thou in adversity.”
“The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.”
“The wise man always put more energy in his cause than the expected outcomes and I hope that, you will follow the same path advised by our ancestors.”
Source: Treatise Upon The Misconceptions of Narcissism
“The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.”
“The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.”
“The wise man becomes completely calm when he watches a stormy sea, because there he sees the evil of anger! A foolish man, on the other hand, admires the power of anger, emulates the stormy sea, and becomes wild and rude just like that sea!”
“The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. The man who preserves his selfhood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence - not a leaf, as it were, astire on the tree, not a ripple upon the surface of the shinning pool-his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life. Silence is the cornerstone of character.”
“The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.”
“The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.”
“The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never.”
“The wise man can never be offended. If the comment mirrors a truth, or an aspect thereof, there can be no offense whatsoever. To the contrary, such thing will be welcomed with delight!
And even if a discourteous person attacks the wise man with lies and profane language, either because of malice or because of ignorance, there is absolutely no reason for the wise man to be disturbed. Understanding and compassion for this unfortunate fellowman will be his most probable response.”
“The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.”
Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“The wise man contents himself with what he has, until such time as he invents something better.”
“The wise man delights in water, the Good man delights in mountains. For the wise move; but the Good stay still. The wise are happy; but the good secure.”
Source: 论语
“The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.”
“The wise man does not discriminate; he gathers all the shreds of light, from wherever they may come.”
Source: Foucault's Pendulum
“The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.”
“The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.”
“The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.
The more he gives to others,
the more he has for his own.”
“The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.”