I’d rather be the fool than the wise man. That way. I’ll be underestimated and they won’t see me coming.

The wise teacher appears, not for the structure of the student; but for the freedom of the people.

In his face there came to be a brooding peace that is seen most often in the faces of the very sorrowful or the very wise. But still he wandered through the streets of the...

Why a wise man is wise? The answer is simple: Because he has left his own shore!

Do not wait for the tide to take you, my boy. Instead, you take on the tide

The wise man reveals more than words spoken.

Two things a wise man never discloses to the public; his money and his women.

Wise man can make people hearmore lessons than words spoken.

Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough.

Consider a man’s good qualities, and consider his faults; and judge his character by that which is more.

A wise man’s goal shouldn’t be to say something profound, but to say something useful.

Things are more like they are now…than they have EVER been before!

Even a fool recognizes that there is great sadness in a bucket of tears. But only a wise man thinks to conserve water and use that bucket to wash his car.

If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy – improve yourself!

I would pull at my beard like a wise man, but I don’t have one—a beard (or a wise man). So instead I pull at my grandpa’s beard, as he purrs like a kitten.

Happiness & Sadness are two contemporary stages in life. A wise man overcomes sadness with his wisdom, and a foolish man faces it with tears.

De wijze heeft geen onwrikbare beginselen. Hij past zich aan anderen aan.(Free translation into English: The wise man has no firm principles. He adapts to others.)