Spreuken over Wijsheid
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Letter - 161 Spreuken
Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
DetailThe whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
DetailWisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.
DetailSociety cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.
DetailAs one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
DetailOne's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
DetailThe wisest mind has something yet to learn.
DetailThe older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
DetailForce without wisdom falls of its own weight.
DetailScience is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
DetailMen are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
DetailIt is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
DetailWe don't receive wisdom. we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
DetailTo acquire knowledge, one must study. but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
DetailIt is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
DetailInner wisdom is more important than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
DetailThose who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
DetailLike an ability or a muscle, hearing your inner wisdom is strengthened by doing it.
DetailWisdom outweighs any wealth.
DetailNo man is wise enough by himself.
DetailNot by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
DetailA wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.
DetailWisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.
DetailGood people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.
DetailThe fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
DetailOverdreven ernst is geen teken van wijsheid.
DetailWijsheid wordt uit nood geboren.
DetailIntelligentie krijgt men mee, wijsheid moet men leren.
DetailOp weg naar de wijsheid is de eerste stap stilte. de tweede luisteren. de derde onthouden. de vierde oefenen. de vijfde onderwijzen aan anderen.
DetailWijsheid is: meer vreugde beleven aan tien vogels in de lucht dan aan een in de hand.
DetailAls de wijsheid binnenkomt, komt de spitsvondigheid mee.
DetailBeknoptheid is de ziel van de wijsheid.
DetailDe dingen die ons gelukkig maken, maken ons wijs.
DetailKennis is nog geen wijsheid.
DetailDe wijsheid der kinderen is hun vrolijkheid.
DetailAlles wat ik over het leven heb geleerd, kan ik samenvatten in drie woorden: het gaat verder.
DetailPijn doet een mens nadenken, gedachten maken een mens wijs, wijsheid maakt het leven draaglijk.
DetailDe stilte is als slaap, zij verfrist de wijsheid.
DetailWellicht schuilt in de twijfel de grootste wijsheid.
DetailDe hoogste wijsheid is vriendelijkheid.
DetailHoud verre van mij de wijsheid die niet weent, het denken dat niet lacht en de grootheid die zich niet buigt voor kinderen.
DetailEr is geen lift voor wijsheid, ze gaat trapsgewijs.
DetailWijsheid is nooit haastig en haast is zelden wijs.
DetailLeed is de vader en liefde de moeder van de wijsheid.
DetailDe conditio sine qua non van wijsheid en goedheid is een goede spijsvertering.
DetailWijsheid is weten wanneer je dom mag zijn.
DetailWijsheid is poezie die zingt in de geest.
DetailWijsheid is: een paar schaatsen in de ijstijd.
DetailHet is nooit zo dat de natuur het ene zegt en wijsheid het andere.
DetailWie het dwaze niet eert, is de wijsheid niet weerd.
DetailIk heb altijd de dwaasheid der hartstochten verkozen boven de wijsheid der onverschilligheid.
DetailIedereen is minstens vijf minuten per dag een idioot. Wijsheid bestaat erin die grens niet te overschrijden.
DetailNegentig procent van alle wijsheid is: op het juiste moment wijs te zijn.
DetailWijsheid is niets anders dan de wetenschap van het geluk.
DetailDe ochtend is verstandiger dan de avond tevoren.
DetailOnze eigen wijsheid schiet te kort zodra het eigenwijsheid wordt.
DetailEen wijs man is een hoed voor 1OO kaalhoofdigen en een stok voor 1OO blinden.
DetailMen heeft de wijsheid niet in pacht enkel door ze te play-backen.
DetailHet mooiste van alles dat wijsheid ons biedt om het leven prachtig te maken, is zonder twijfel vriendschap.
DetailWijsheid is de eigenschap die je uit situaties houdt waarin je haar nodig hebt.
DetailWijsheid bestaat uit weten wanneer je de perfectie moet vermijden.
DetailDe meest wijze man is alleen maar een jongetje dat zijn volwassenheid betreurt.
DetailOok de spiegel van de wijsheid beslaat.
DetailA fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
DetailA good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
DetailA man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
DetailA mistake is simply another way of doing things.
DetailA poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
DetailA prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
DetailA wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
DetailAdopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
DetailAll this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
DetailAlmost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
DetailAlways keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
DetailAs you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
DetailBe happy. It's one way of being wise.
DetailBetter mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
DetailBy three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
DetailCleverness is not wisdom.
DetailClimb the mountains and get their good tidings.
DetailCommon sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
DetailDiscipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
DetailDoes wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
DetailDon't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.
DetailDon't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
DetailEvery man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
DetailFew of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
DetailFrom the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
DetailGive me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
DetailGood nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
DetailHe dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.
DetailHe who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
DetailHe who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.
DetailHonesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
DetailHonesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
DetailI'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
DetailIf you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
DetailIf you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
DetailIf you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks.
DetailIf you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
DetailIgnorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
DetailIn every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
DetailIn seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
DetailIt is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
DetailIt is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
DetailIt is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
DetailIt is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
DetailIt is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.
DetailIt is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
DetailIt is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
DetailIt requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
DetailIt's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
DetailKnowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
DetailLearning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
DetailLife is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.
DetailMemory is the mother of all wisdom.
DetailNature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
DetailNever does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
DetailNever tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
DetailNine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
DetailNo man was ever wise by chance.
DetailNobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
DetailObstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
DetailOf prosperity mortals can never have enough.
DetailPatience is the companion of wisdom.
DetailPerspective is worth 80 IQ points.
DetailRarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
DetailReality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
DetailRepeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.
DetailSelf-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
DetailSome folks are wise and some are otherwise.
DetailThe art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
DetailThe best way to predict the future is to invent it.
DetailThe difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.
DetailThe doors of wisdom are never shut.
DetailThe end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
DetailThe future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet.
DetailThe greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
DetailThe more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
DetailThe older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
DetailThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
DetailThe opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.
DetailThe teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
DetailThe truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
DetailThe wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
DetailThe wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
DetailThe wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.
DetailThe young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
DetailThere are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
DetailThere is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
DetailTo be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
DetailTo conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
DetailTurn your wounds into wisdom.
DetailVirtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
DetailWe are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
DetailWe should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
DetailWhen I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.
DetailWhen it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
DetailWhen written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
DetailWho is wise in love, love most, say least.
DetailWinners never quit and quitters never win.
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