Khalil Gibran Quotes, Wise Quotes, Book Quotes

Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your own life. Live them - but do not a make a show of reciting them, for he who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass loaded with books.

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For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man is quick at seizing advantages, and the stupid man has no fear of death.

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Love, from its awful throne of patient power In the wise heart, from the last giddy hour Of dread endurance, from the slippery, steep, And narrow verge of crag-like agony, springs And folds over the world its healing wings.

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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

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You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.

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The ego is entranced by ... names and ideas... However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.

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To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know.

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Those men that in their writings are most wise Own nothing but their blind, stupefied hearts.

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It pays to be prepared.

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Whoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity so the wise man knows no hatred.

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Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good.

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Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, are good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking, covetous miser, they are good for nothing.

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If you don't have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past.

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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.

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It is assumed that the woman must wait, motionless, until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly.

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The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.

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It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

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Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden spoon cannot recognise the flavour of the soup.

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Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Wise Quotes , Buddhist Quotes

I would not say that old men grow wise, for men never grow wise; and many old men retain a very attractive childishness and cheerful innocence. Elderly people are often much more romantic than younger people, and sometimes even more adventurous, having begun to realize how many things they do not know.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Wise Quotes , Men Quotes

We must believe that He is able to do what He will, wise to do what is best, and good, according to His promise, to do what is best for us, if we love Him, and serve Him.

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