#wisdo

Women particularly should concern themselves with peace because men by nature are more foolhardy and headstrong, and their overwhelming desire to avenge themselves prevents them from foreseeing the resulting dangers and terrors of war. But woman by nature is more gentle and circumspect. Therefore, if she has sufficient will and wisdom she can provide the best possible means to pacify man. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#circumspection #empowerment #men #peace #peacemaking

We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge - and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves - how could it happen that we should ever find ourselves? It has rightly been said: "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also"; our treasure is where the beehives of our knowledge are. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#knowledge #wisdom #men

Is there wisdom in innocence? I think there is, but there is a cult now of drab men and women, for whom the world, and even life itself, is a kind of commodity. These critics, having eaten, now study their excrement to see what they consumed. On this they base certain conclusions. Their ignorance is uncompromising. Let us rather stand before the unknown, in very humble, quiet observance and wait while it reveals itself. ↗

— Phillip Mann

#criticism #culture #mystery #prejudice #the-unknown

Great men and women are not extraordinary people who do extraordinary things. They are ordinary people who do ordinary things with integrity. ↗

— Jayce O'Neal

#wisdom #men

The one who can make full sense of love and lives within its narrow expections undresses no weeping face. ↗

— Darmie Orem

#love #men #relationship #wisdom #women

The men drink a third beer, then a fourth, in preparation for the cold trip crosstown. "I wish I could meet a decent woman." Howard, who has learned the great secret, and who after beer, is generous: "Go to a library. ↗

— Jack Cady

#women #men

Tell Evil men of your sins and they will use it against you Tell a sinner of your sins and they will pray for you ↗

— O Crisstopher

#men

To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#knowledge

Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#great-men #hubris #humility #literature #literature-quotes

Lets be sheep of God, not sheep of men. ↗