wisdom Quotes

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

As long as you live, keep learning how to live.