Today's words of wisdom - Page 154

Jimbuna · 02-22-25, 02:09 PM

If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom.

Nigel Farage

Jimbuna · 02-24-25, 02:02 PM

Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns.

Robert Duvall

Jimbuna · 02-25-25, 01:06 PM

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

Graham Greene

Jimbuna · 02-26-25, 02:22 PM

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

Herbert Hoover

Jimbuna · 02-28-25, 01:21 PM

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

Lord Byron

Jimbuna · 03-01-25, 02:04 PM

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

Herbert Hoover

Jimbuna · 03-03-25, 12:20 PM

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Anatole France

Jimbuna · 03-04-25, 01:23 PM

There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

John C. Calhoun

Jimbuna · 03-05-25, 01:35 PM

Thinking is not enough. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any... thing.

William S. Burroughs

Jimbuna · 03-06-25, 02:05 PM

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

Plato

Jimbuna · 03-08-25, 01:07 PM

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Sophocles

Jimbuna · 03-09-25, 10:35 AM

Courage is always the surest wisdom.

Wilfred Grenfell

Jimbuna · 03-10-25, 01:28 PM

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Jimbuna · 03-11-25, 09:10 AM

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

Herbert Hoover

Jimbuna · 03-12-25, 01:39 PM

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

Edith Wharton

02-22-25, 02:09 PM	#2296
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom. Nigel Farage __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-24-25, 02:02 PM	#2297
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns. Robert Duvall __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-25-25, 01:06 PM	#2298
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered. Graham Greene __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-26-25, 02:22 PM	#2299
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. Herbert Hoover __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-28-25, 01:21 PM	#2300
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. Lord Byron __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-01-25, 02:04 PM	#2301
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. Herbert Hoover __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-03-25, 12:20 PM	#2302
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. Anatole France __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-04-25, 01:23 PM	#2303
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action. John C. Calhoun __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-05-25, 01:35 PM	#2304
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Thinking is not enough. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any... thing. William S. Burroughs __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-06-25, 02:05 PM	#2305
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. Plato __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-08-25, 01:07 PM	#2306
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Much wisdom often goes with fewest words. Sophocles __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-09-25, 10:35 AM	#2307
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Courage is always the surest wisdom. Wilfred Grenfell __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-10-25, 01:28 PM	#2308
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal. Thich Nhat Hanh __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-11-25, 09:10 AM	#2309
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. Herbert Hoover __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-12-25, 01:39 PM	#2310
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. Edith Wharton __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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