Quotes About Wisdom

Wise men argue causes and fools decide them.

Insolence is not logic epithets are the arguments of malice.

Some things that goes out of your mouth can wrap itself around your neck and choke you to death in future.

Intellect is the virtue of ignoring one's emotions' attempt to contaminate one's opinions.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

If size mattered, the elephant would be king of the jungle.

Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.

The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them

Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class.

If a battle can not be won do not fight it.

In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.

The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books

Backpacking is the art of knowing what not to take.

You see what you know!

Fine art is knowledge made visible.

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

The black man in Africa had mastered the arts and sciences. He knew the course of the stars in the universe before the man up in Europe knew that the earth wasn't flat.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

It is an art of no little importance to administer medicines properly: but, it is an art of much greater and more difficult acquisition to know when to suspend or altogether to omit them.

I have not permitted myself to be ignorant of any martial art that exists. Why? Such ignorance is a disgrace to someone who follows the path of the martial arts.

The mountain decides whether you climb or not. The art of mountaineering is knowing when to go, when to stay, and when to retreat.

Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for nonactivity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will destroy our culture and ourselves.