Wise Person Quotes Quotes

“A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The wise person must always consider and reconsider all the alternatives before jumping to the final conclusion. Furthermore, the objective views are the results of our philosophical ideologies (philideos) and the definition of our terms.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo, Treatise Upon The Misconceptions of Narcissism

“A wise man learns from his mistakes;
a fool won't even learn from his fatal ones.
There is no such thing as an intentional mistake,
but no man is a fool accidentally.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The tongue is a venomous serpent, which is why the wise cage it.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Sages shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A poor wise person is greater than a rich fool.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wise person is able to save a city;
a fool is able to destroy a nation.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wise people heed the voice of reason;
the wisest heed the voice of God.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Every wise person I meet I hope to be, for every fool I know is in agony.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A fool can read a thousand books and learn nothing.
A wise person can read one and become great. Using books for decoration is what ordinary men do. Using books for knowledge is what intelligent people do.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wise person makes use of one opportunity where as a fool misses a thousand.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Unveil a person’s thoughts,
and you are shrewd.
Unveil a person’s desires,
and you are wise.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The foolish experience much,
but learn little.
The wise experience little,
but learn much.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you debate the wise,
no matter how poor,
they will hearken to wisdom.
If you debate the foolish,
no matter how rich,
they will mock wisdom.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wise person can never be truly poor;
a foolish person can never be truly rich.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“What the wise acquire easily fools only acquire miraculously.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A foolish man enjoys the company of prostitutes;
a wise man enjoys the company of his wife.
The mother of a prudent son will rejoice;
the father of a mindless son will groan.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A fool stumbles when he walks; the wise are not hampered even when they run.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The enlightened worry less than others,
quarrel less than others,
fight less than others,
transgress less than others;
care more than others,
give more than others,
and love more than others.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wise person makes one error,
and learns ten lessons.
He makes two errors,
and learns twenty lessons.
He makes three errors,
and learns thirty lessons.
He makes few errors,
and learns countless lessons.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“God created sages because He wanted to leave the light on in the universe.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Sages are divine springs; no matter how many draw from them, they never run empty.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Even though if you be around wise people your work will be easier, and it will be harder day by day around ignorance.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“Even though if you be around wise people your work will be easier, and it will be harder day by day around ignorants.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“No matter which street you go to, if you find peace only on one street, it means you are not a wise person yet, because wisdom is to find peace in all streets, under all circumstances!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Not every writer is a wise person, and not every wise person is a writer, but if you are both a wise person and a writer, that's the best!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“A wise person, if he doesn’t like your ideas, will try to defeat you with counter-arguments; a foolish and ignorant person, if he doesn’t like your ideas, will try to defeat you physically because it's impossible for him to defeat you intellectually! Is it possible for a cobra to defeat you mentally? No, it will attack you physically because it doesn't possess the intellectual tools to gain a mental advantage over you!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan