We are Home sapiens. It is the scientific name of our species and means “wise man”. Some of this wisdom is reflected in this collection of proverbs and quotes.
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Long whiskers cannot take the place of brains.
Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in 'just being'. Allow nature to teach you stillness. When you look at a tree and perceive its stillness, you become still yourself.
Eckhart TolleMan is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
Albert SchweitzerMany complain of their looks, but none of their brains.
Memory is the treasure of the mind.
My mind's made up. Don't confuse me with the facts.
(unknown author)Never call a meeting until the outcome is a foregone conclusion
Ken FollettSource: World Without End
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
JuvenalNever underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Robert A. HeinleinNo man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
François de La RochefoucauldNo wisdom like silence.
Non-intellectual people overestimate the power of reason among intellectuals.
Jill Paton WalshSource: The Late Scholar: Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane Investigate
Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom ... It is true as sunbeams ...
Douglas William JerroldNothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
Auguste RodinOf what significance are the things you can forget.
Henry David ThoreauOld is gold.
There are important lessons to be learned from the past.One always has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual.
Thomas MannOne is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul.
Henry David ThoreauOne of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
Will DurantOne stupid person asks more than ten wise ones can spare time answering.
Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be 'too clever by half.' The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.
John MajorOnly the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
ConfuciusOur greatest stupidities may be very wise.
Ludwig WittgensteinPatience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint AugustinePenny wise, pound foolish.
This refers to someone who is careful about spending small amounts of money, but not careful about spending large amounts.People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
Stephen HawkingPerhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.
J.K. RowlingSource: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Quoted: Dumbledore
Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.
Merry BrownePrimitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.
Stephen HawkingProverbs are the wisdom of the ages.
Question everything!
(unknown author)Rack your brains.
Try hard to remembers something or to figure something out.Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
Seneca the YoungerRemember the wisdom out of the old days.
William Butler YeatsSeek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.
Silence is music to a wise man.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Francis BaconSmart who smiles, stupid who laughs.
Some people should come with a 'brains not included' sticker.
Laurel CliveSometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
Elizabeth GaskellSource: Wives and Daughters
Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.
Stephen VizinczeyStupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice.
Stupid solutions that succeed are still stupid solutions.
Stupidity is a form of wisdom.
MinkukelSuccess in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.
Stephen HawkingTelevision may insult your intelligence, but nothing rubs it in like a computer
(unknown author)Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect, - But tell me the truth.
Shel SilversteinThe aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
AristotleThe believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
The brain is not in the pocket, but in the head.