#wise

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#gives #his #lay #man #more

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#color #courage #greatest #imagine #life

Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason. ↗

— Hal Borland

#calls #constantly #deals #fact #faith

Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#bread #cultivate #desire #feel #fields

It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#philosophical #wise-words #inspirational

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#conquer #enemy #enlightened #foreknowledge #general

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#army #enlightened #general #great #great results

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#makes #poverty #wise #you

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

#could #each #fine #first #lest

And we'd drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a ghastly sweet drink... And now people don't drink nearly as much, for good reason. We're all a little wiser. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#drink #ghastly #good #good reason #huge