Major actions by courageous and wise men will be necessary to avoid our continuing to blunder into the space age like unenlightened and selfish idiots. – Fritz Zwicky
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. – Epictetus
A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful. – Frederick William Robertson
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ignoring fame was my rebellion, in a funny way. I was insistent on being normal and doing normal things. It probably wasn’t advisable to go to college in America and room with a complete stranger. And it probably wasn’t wise to share a bathroom with eight other people in a coed dorm. Looking back, that was crazy. – Emma Watson
I was so shy. I used to cross the street so I wouldn’t even have to talk to my relatives, much less strangers. That’s not shy, that’s wise. But I found that that when you had a journalist’s notebook in your hand it wasn’t really you, you see. – Geraldine Brooks
Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men? – Natalie Clifford Barney
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise. – George Herbert
The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you. – Gary Zukav
Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she knows. – Frederick Pollock
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Bombino’s a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he’s definitely the Grand Poobah. I don’t think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you’re around him. He doesn’t say that much but he’s humble and well-respected. – Dan Auerbach
Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss. – George Mason
All who have taken it upon themselves to rule over others have incurred hatred and unpopularity for a time; but if one has a great aim to pursue, this burden of envy must be accepted, and it is wise to accept it. – Pericles
Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against infection. – Florence Nightingale
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God. – George Washington
We are placed in the genus of Homo, which is Latin for man – Homo sapiens: supposedly wise men. I sometimes think – wonder – whether we really are wise men. – Donald Johanson
We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not. – Ellen Swallow Richards
I wasn’t as used to the new dumb questions, so when men I had once thought of as wise daddies now asked me ‘How do you write?’ I did not try and spill red wine in their suede pants. I would just smile and say, ‘On a typewriter in the mornings when there’s nothing else to do.’ – Eve Babitz