Top 29 Quotes About A Wise Man Speaks
#1. A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.
Plato
#2. When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.
Vinoba Bhave
#4. To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Ben Jonson
#5. Jesus was not born in a manger in central Pennsylvania. He was a man of color. And the fact that we have represented him for centuries literally as a white man speaks to the entire history of white supremacy.
Tim Wise
#7. I'm not to eager to play tennis in my spare time. I'm more interested in doing gym work and stuff like that. We have a lot of schools and courts around where I live, so if I really want to play, I don't need to go too far.
Lleyton Hewitt
#8. The Longstockings are eight children's and young adult writers. We all came out of the New School MFA program, and we meet regularly to critique each other's work.
Lisa Graff
#9. For he who knows does not speak, He who speaks does not know" (12) And "The Wise Man gives instruction Without the use of speech." (13)
Thomas Merton
#10. How do jokes work? The beginning of each good one challenges you to think.
Kurt Vonnegut
#11. I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living.
Bonnie Raitt
#12. God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up.
Tullian Tchividjian
#13. The fact that God loves me just as much when I make a mistake is hard to wrap my head around, but that is what makes grace...grace.
Sandra McCollom
#14. 'The Mahabharata,' which inspired my novel 'Palace of Illusions,' also has many stories embedded within the main tale.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
#15. All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless!
Zhuangzi
#16. My toys were those of a boy: skates, bicycles.
Frida Kahlo
#17. It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends
Czeslaw Milosz
#18. I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm able to, that's why no one can tell me anything negative about myself.
Mary J. Blige
#19. When Knowledge Went North (excerpt)
As for us,
We came nowhere near being right,
Since we have the answers.
"For he who knows does not speak
He who speaks does not know"
And "The Wise Man gives instruction
Without the use of speech.
Thomas Merton
#20. Creative memory is the historian's most subtle opponent.
Mason Cooley
#22. Never get involved in a land war in Asia. Never fight a battle of wits when iocane powder is involved. And never, never, never, never, never, never, never let the New Republic's editors choose the headline for your article.
Brad De Long
#23. Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
#24. No greater evil can a man endure Than a bad wife, nor find a greater good Than one both good and wise; and each man speaks As judging by the experience of his life.
Sophocles
#26. Stupid speaks loudly; he makes noise like pigs! Wise man speaks calmly; he makes sound like quiet lakes!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#27. ... the wise Man that holds his Tongue, says more than the Fool who speaks.
Thomas Fuller
#28. Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
Ramakrishna
#29. The Voice
There is a voice inside of you
That whispers all day long,
"I feel this is right for me,
I know that this is wrong."
No teacher, preacher, parent, friend
Or wise man can decide
What's right for you
just listen to
The voice that speaks inside.
Shel Silverstein
