Famous Quotes

"You call forth the world which God has formed and that world only. Nor is this life of yours by which you set such store your doing, however you may choose to tell it. Its shape was forced in the void at the onset and all talk of what might otherwise have been is senseless for there is no otherwise. Of what could it be made? Where be hid? Or how make its appearance? The probability fo the actual is absolute. That we have no power to guess it out beforehand makes it no less certain. That we may imagine alternate histories means nothing at all."

"Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed."

"People who actually have good advice seldom give it voluntarily, instead others seek them out for it. They do not shove it down people's throats just to boost their exaggerated sense of importance."

"Wisdom is not having God's perspective of the whole matter before us, but having God's perspective about what next response will honor Him while keeping us still usable to Him."

"It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire."

"Die Welt ist von Narren geschaffen, damit Weise in ihr Leben."

"Guts are important. Your guts are what digest things. But it is your brains that tell you which things to swallow and which not to swallow."

"The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people."

"Whoever lost the truth has lost him/her self."

"If we deny the thirst of love, we stand to lose the last known address of the stranger whithin us."

"To be beyond yourself is the gate to wisdom."

"Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man's ignorance."

"Like this cup, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you wisdom unless you first empty your cup?"

"Don't talk about love, But speak out of love cause most of the liars are only perfect of talking about nothing but passion & don't talk about justice, But speak out of justice cause most of the oppressors are only perfect of talking about nothing but rightness."

"In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer."

"Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel."

"Be wise as a serpent and wary as a dove!"

"Their mother is Athene, the goddess of wisdom, and, although they are often ready to play the buffoon to amuse you, such conduct is the prerogative of the truly wise."

"I think your vision gets better as you get older."

"The good and wise lead quite lives"

"Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are"

"The question to ask is what will satisfy you? What will bring you peace? And perhaps the answer to those is in asking yourself when you were last happy."