#wise man

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. ↗

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#ambition #cannot #cured #exalted #favour

The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention. ↗

— Franz Schubert

#convention #fool #greatest #man #misfortune

The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#better #better place #continues #dalai #dalai lama

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. ↗

— Diogenes of Sinope

#difference #finger #fool #man #only

Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#destination #direct #does #domain #eternal

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#forbear #live #man #others #peace

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#ask #doctrine #false #himself #honest

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#death #go #man #never #ready

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. ↗