If you want to be a wise person, you need a Bible.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
When truth presents itself, the wise person see the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
A wise person will listen and take in more instruction.
A wise person is full of questions. A dull person is full of answers.
It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.
The wise person questions himself, the fool others.
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
Like the bee gathering honey from the different flowers, the wise person accepts the essence of the different scriptures and sees only the good in all religions.
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.
As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on this earth.
By three things the wise person may be known. What three? He sees a shortcoming as it is. When he sees it, he tries to correct it. And when another acknowledges a shortcoming, the wise one forgives it as he should.
Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.
Anyone can find fault. It is the wise person who finds that which encourages another in the turmoils and strifes of the day.
Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.
The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
It's a wise person, I guess, who knows he's dumb, and an honest person who knows he's a liar. And it's a dumb person, I guess, whose convinced he's wise...-Bob Slocum
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.
The practice of thrift is not outdated. We must discipline ourselves to live within our incomes even if it means going without or making do. The wise person can distinguish...between basic needs and extravagant wants. Some find budgeting extremely painful, but I promise you, it is never fatal.
But the "wise" person understands something else— that we are all connected and, therefore, his or her own happiness must include the happiness of others.
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
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