wisdom Quotes

If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.

Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice.

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.