wisdom
“To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.”
“The end crowns the work.”
“A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch and outpace.”
“We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”
“To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.”
“The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.”
“Life must be lived forwards and understood backwards.”
“There’s no sense in being precise when you don’t even know what you’re talking about.”
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”
“To forget one’s purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.”
“Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.”
“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.”
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
“Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.”
“A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant one.”
“Do not depend on the hope of results.”
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”
“A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.”
“My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect.”