Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely... →
Buddha
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
It's received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly.
Julie Burchill
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition... →
Edmund Burke
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
John Burroughs
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
Thinking is not enough. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any... thing.
William S. Burroughs
If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
Leo Buscaglia
As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign, I learned fast that it's a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions... →
Jane Byrne