Wise Man Once Said Quotes - Page 10

• Be suspicious of what you want.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Desire, Want

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  Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  God, Hope, Children

  Rabindranath Tagore (2007). “Stray Birds”, p.14, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are beauty and virtue the world over.

  Socrates

  Degrees, World, Ruins

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• Education is the best way to train ourselves that we will secure our own well-being by concerning ourselves with others. It is possible to create a better world, a more compassionate, more peaceful world, which is not only in everyone’s interest, but is everyone’s responsibility to achieve.

  Dalai Lama

  Happy, Responsibility, Peaceful

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• This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Spiritual

  "The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology by and about the Dalai Lama" edited by Sidney Piburn, (p.52), 1990.

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• Be the change you want to see.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• While people are often content to criticize and blame others for what goes wrong, surely we should at least attempt to put forward constructive ideas. One thing is for certain: given human beings' love of truth, justice, peace, and freedom, creating a better, more compassionate world is a genuine possibility. The potential is there.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Inspirational, Wisdom

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• If not you, then who? If not now, then when?

  Andrzej Kolikowski

  Swimming, Action, Ifs

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• My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

  Aristotle

  Friendship, Best Friend, Fake Friends

  Aristotle (1953). “Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics”

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• I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers.. I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors; for as a wise man once said: "An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it." We intend to accept full responsibility for our errors; and we expect you to point them out when we miss them.

  John F. Kennedy

  Wise, Mistake, Responsibility

  Address to the American Newspaper Publishers, delivered 27 April 1961, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York

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• No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.

  Protagoras

  Confidence, Wisdom, Believe

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• Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Death, Wisdom

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.91, Princeton University Press

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• Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

  Confucius

  Funny, Life, Running

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• The wise man once said invest young

  Warren Buffett

  Wise, Men, Said

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  You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  Marcus Aurelius (2015). “Meditations”, p.116, Lulu.com

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• As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people's heads.”

  Al Yankovic

  Wise, Men, Fools Day

  Al Yankovic @alyankovic, twitter.com. April 1, 2010.

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• The deepest words
  of the wise man teach us
  the same as the whistle of the wind when it blows
  or the sound of the water when it is flowing.

  Antonio Machado

  Wise, Wisdom, Blow

  Antonio Machado (2011). “Times Alone: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado”, p.69, Wesleyan University Press

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• Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men.

  Seneca the Younger

  Courage, Adversity, Men

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• The root of suffering is attachment

  Gautama Buddha

  Wisdom, Buddhist, Buddhism

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• It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

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  Ram Dass

  Inspirational, Moving On, Success

  Ram Dass (2012). “Journey of Awakening: A Meditator's Guidebook”, p.28, Bantam

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• A wise man once said that a person is known by
  the company he keeps, but could then also add that the character of the
  company is known by the people it keeps for the longest days, especially
  at the strategic decision making level.

  Anuj

  Wise, Character, Men

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• A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do.

  Voltaire

  Funny, Life, Failure

  "Le Siecle de Louis XIV (The Age of Louis XIV)". Book by Voltaire (Chapter VI), 1751.

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• Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.

  Seneca the Younger

  Life, Wisdom, Nature

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• Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"

  Al-Ghazali

  Change, Wise, Spiritual

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• True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change, even if they behave negatively. Through universal altruism, you develop a feeling of responsibility for others: the wish to help them actively overcome their problems.

  Dalai Lama

  Change, Wise, Wisdom

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.9, ReadHowYouWant.com

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