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Letter "W" » Wisdom
«He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.»
Author: James Gibbons Huneker
| About:
Foolishness,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
dares, direction, first step, first steps, fool, step, step in, the first, wisdom
«He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.»
Author: Mary Howitt
| About:
Wisdom
| Keywords:
flower, flower power, gather, Gathering The, gather in, gather up, happiest, wisdom
«He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.»
«Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold; beyond the world she soars; the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which perishes, nor will he lend his heart to ought that doth time depend»
Author: Michelangelo
| About:
Heart,
Heaven,
Soul,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
affirm, heavenward, lend, perishes, soars
«He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books»
«He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggles like a swimmer against the stream.»
«He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap»
«Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and noble temper.»
«He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty»
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