Quotes about wise-quotations

Learning how to cut trees down is intelligence learning how to grow them is wisdom.

The greatest religion you can ever have throughout your entire existence, is Love.

Weakness is weaker when discovered by others.

In narrow and gloomy streets, keep your spirit high!

My goal is simple. It is to take the human civilization with me on the path of sweet general harmony.

A dog barks, but a lion strikes.

When intelligence shuts a door, wisdom opens a window.

Truth is independent of all dogmas, ancient or modern.

A spoon does not know whether it enters a rich or poor man's mouth.

​You are only limited by your imagination.

Religion without reason is like making love without love.

Respect yourself and the whole world will respect you.

Your religion is whatever makes you a better human being.

If you try to test a river’s depths with both feet, you will drown.

The wise know much, but pretend to know little; the ignorant know little, but pretend to know much; and the foolish know nothing, but pretend to know all.

A tree fears an axe even though its handle is made from it.

When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.

Honey from the devil's fingers tastes bitter.

Never cut down a tree whose shade you might need tomorrow.

If a lion invites you to dinner, turn down the offer, no matter how hungry you are.

If you waste time watering a fruitless tree, fruitful ones may die of thirst.

The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees.

If a lion takes its advice from sheep, it will go hungry.

A wolf can only curse a lion when surrounded by its peers.

Counting your chickens before they hatch is only wise if God has told you how many will survive.

To learn how to swim, observe fish; how to hunt, observe lions; how to work, observe bees, and how to live, observe sages.

If you hide honey in the dark, bees will still find it.

If you can't climb a tree, shake it, and its fruit will fall.

A fish is a genius in water, an eagle is a genius in air, a fox is a genius on land, and a sage is a genius in life. 

A wolf's thoughts are seldom far from its appetite.

The hen that lays the most eggs deserves the most food.

The earliest bird gets the worm only if the worm is stupid enough to show up.

If men could fit water into their pockets, the ocean would be empty.

A wolf only attends a rabbit’s funeral to eat its young.

One who wishes to cross the ocean first builds a ship.

Beatings from truth are better than kisses from lies.

If a fly lands on your food, do not use a hammer to remove it.

A gardener tending to his flowers is as noble as a warrior battling his opponents.

If you teach a wolf how to hunt, it will reward you by devouring you.

The further you venture down a river the bigger the fish.

If you fish without proper bait, you will only catch disappointment.

The elephant is the largest, but not the fiercest. The giraffe is the tallest, but not the strongest. The cheetah is the fastest, but not the wisest. The ant is the smallest, but not the gentlest.

If you swim with sharks, make sure you have the appetite of a whale.

It is in vain to try and kick the wind.

It is only safe to mock a crocodile when you have crossed the river.

Wisdom is intelligence set on fire.

If you touch a wound while it is healing, you will prolong it.

The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fattest one.

Do not despise the water droplets that you receive, soon it will be a river.

Hatred doesn’t need company. It stews in its own loneliness and can grow still. Love needs companions. Love alone is daunted. Love together is unbound and unrestricted.

Everything that humans have achieved until now, were once merely an imagination in someone’s head.