The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.
I myself think that the wise man meddles little or not at all in affairs and does his own things.
Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.
The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.
Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.
If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.