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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.
A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to read more
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as read more
We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart
of fools is in the read more
The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart
of fools is in the house of mirth.
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the read more
Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.