The wise man should withdraw his soul within, out of the crowd, and keep it in freedom and power to judge things freely; but as for externals, he should wholly follow the accepted fashions and forms.
Wisdom Quotes That Will Change Your Perspective - page 43
You should be able to use your intellect and not to be dominated by your intellect.
Nirmala Srivastava
The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species it always acts right.
There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.
Bjork
Many a maid have I won by a quarrel, when flattery was in no wise helpful; but take heed that thou art in the wrong, so that thou mayest acknowledge thine error.
Gelett Burgess
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
Sam Walton
A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.
Ferdinand Foch
Cruelty depends on an understanding of cruelty, and the ability to choose against it. Or to choose to ignore it.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
The trouble with the media is that it seems unable to distinguish between the end of the world and a bicycle accident.
There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.
Harold Evans
Insight without action is worthless.
Marie Forleo
Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements.
Much of our understanding of God's action in our lives in achieved in hindsight. When a particular crisis or event in our life has passed we cry out in astonishment like Jacob, 'The Lord is in this place and I never knew it.
Sheila Cassidy
Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role.
Paul Weyrich
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
