Being a philosopher is to think, seek wisdom, and have principles that guide and influence what you do. It's to give meaning to things, find your way in the world, believe that in the end, in every instance, good will overcome evil, even if there's a bit of suffering along the way.
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
Intuition is the wisdom formed by feeling and instinct - a gift of knowing without reasoning... Belief is ignited by hope and supported by facts and evidence - it builds alignment and creates confidence. Belief is what sets energy in motion and creates the success that breeds more success.
People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.
It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.
When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.
If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
To advise is not to compel.
The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it.
Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he has the weight and cares about the words.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left.
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.
Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.
Start wide, expand further, and never look back.
I chose Sony Classics, not just because of their practical experience, not just because of their wisdom in marketing, but mainly because of their integrity.
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.
If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.
Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster.
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.
I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
Man is only great when he acts from passion.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
The doors of wisdom are never shut.
There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.
You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.
I actually don't think that I'm that much smarter than anybody else. It's just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that's wisdom.
In my own personal life, God plays a great role in the risk, because I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything.
I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything.
Democracy's premise rests on the notion that the collective wisdom of the majority will prove right more often than it's wrong; that given sufficient opportunity in the pursuit of happiness, your population will develop its talents, its intellect, its better judgment; that over time its capacity for discernment and self-correction will be enlarged.