The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
H. G. Wells

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
Louis L'Amour

Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.
Isaac Asimov

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.
Margaret J. Wheatley

That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture!
Robert Browning

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
George Santayana

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.
George Santayana

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

I'm not very wise to many things.
Charles Manson

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
Thomas Szasz

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.
Calvin Trillin

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher.
Morihei Ueshiba

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.
Henry Miller

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
Benjamin Disraeli

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
Benjamin Disraeli

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
Thomas Carlyle

I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.
Sonia Sotomayor