wisdom Quotes

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.

Wit is educated insolence.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.