#wise

Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#conceited #differently #even #him #himself

The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#chambers #colour #enchanted #every #face

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#being #belief #believes #bit #blood

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#bad taste #being #funeral #like #perpetual

I think maybe when you live with someone who is really very ill for a long time, it somehow gives you more of a greedy appetite for life and maybe, yes, you are less measured in your behaviour than you would otherwise be. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#behaviour #gives #greedy #i #i think

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart. ↗

— Norman Lear

#american people #best-educated #heart #may #people

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#attempt #behavior #constitutes #death #inner

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it. ↗

— Harper Lee

#many #only #profit #receive #wise

Raising myself and caring for my brothers and sisters allowed me the benefit of a lot of information that I wouldn't have otherwise gotten. I had to be frugal, thoughtful, resourceful. I didn't have anyone to tell me, 'You can't.' ↗

— Sandra Lee

#anyone #benefit #brothers #caring #frugal

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable. ↗

— Spike Lee

#advantage #been #black #blessed #express