wise-man-quotes

Moses Luzzatto always said to be patient during the hard times, that they would have to endure and make sacrifices while they waited for better times to come. He urged Simone and the other Jewish boys not to provoke the Venetians, saying they should remain separate and focus on their work. He said their traditions were crucial to their identity, just as they were for their fathers before them.

You look somewhere else, then you see something different and so your journey for wisdom starts! Wise man__ mind is the mind looking at everywhere!

I think it is a wise person who does not answer the door to uninvited police officers. Who knows what kind of crazy person could be standing there with a loaded gun!

The greatest wisdom is to be happy

Life is a sweet sour adventure. When you want to go it becomes sweet, when you remain, it becomes sour

Please others and you please yourself

A good man can be destroyed by the association with men of evil character. A wise man can learn from them

Experience is hard to acquire. Only the wise acquire it

Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married couples to have sex

If you want an abscess to cure you must press it hard

The hardest thing is a man to truly know himself

It's always easy to conquer the hungry with a piece of bread. Only the wise can conquer the strong

We are looking for value, guidance, advice, inspiration; for someone to show us the way. When we find him, he is our hero

Know the laws before you break them

It's not what we can do that makes us great, but what we can do but don't which make us great

Even if you are not evil, pretend to be. It will put off some abuse

The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pit

True understanding lies beyond the desert