Wise Quotes

“Only fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart.”

“Kindness is more persuasive than force.”

“It pays to be prepared.”

“The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.”

“As a blind man has no idea of colors, so we have no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.”

“Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription.”

“A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.”

“Love is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don't like. We can only live together in that way. But if we are to live together, and not die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.”

“Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.”

“After the event, even a fool is wise.”

“Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.”

“A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.”