How initially 'to get her in the sack' and subsequently to avoid 'her giving you the sack' are not identical dilemmas faced by the male species, but they sure have a bizarre habit of being bedfellows

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

A wise man is humble, knowing he actually doesn't know much.

You can't be jealous of someone else's results. You don't know the prayer, process, sacrifice, and work they endured for it.

Nobody but you have to believe in your dreams to make them a reality.

A wise man doesn't start what he doesn't know to do.

If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.

Building castles in the air is only wise if you build a ladder to reach them.

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

Sages see further with their eyes closed than scholars with their eyes open.

Follow the river to reach the sea; follow the sea to reach the ocean. And finally follow the ocean to reach the wisdom! As long as you target beyond of the beyond, you will reach the very beyond!

Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop.

People think that whatever comes out of the mouth of a wise man is the choicest gem, sometime it's utter stupidity and rubbish

A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.

Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.

A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.

When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.

Light poured out multiplies light poured in.

God created sages because He wanted to leave the light on in the universe.

Folly plots a fool's death from the moment they become friends. Wisdom bestows blessings upon a wise man from the moment they wed.

A wise man's sorrow is better than a fool's happiness.

A wise man is closer to God than a fool will ever be to himself.

Liars corrupt knowledge,and fools pervert wisdom,but the wise hallow both.Knowledge holds the truth.

What the wise see eyes closed is greater than what the ignorant see both eyes open.

True freedom is in not having a master, but in making the master your slave

If you think you can't, you're wrong and right

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

True understanding lies beyond the desert

Keeping hatred against someone is like helping him to torture you

You are what you believe

Experience is hard to acquire. Only the wise acquire it

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

If there is no reward, there is no reason to run

Know the laws before you break them

Please others and you please yourself

Calm is the best revenge

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

You can have some, but not all. Wanting to have it all is a sure recipe for disaster

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

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

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 hardest thing is a man to truly know himself

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

The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pit

Forget about the great astounding victory. Focus on winning small victories every day, the final victory will come by itself

You cannot skip the beginning and hope to reach the end. You will fall as soon as you get there

The greatest wisdom is to be happy

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!

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.

Can you see a serene island in the middle of a stormy ocean? And the wise man is that calm island!

Wisdom is to internalise the experiences of other things, of everything! By observing the birds, you internalise the wisdom of the birds; by observing the Moon, you internalise the wisdom of the Moon! Wisdom is a process of adding the experiences of the universe to our minds!

Wise man is a wing; stupid man is a hole! You meet a wise man, you rise, you meet a stupid man, and you fall!

Sages shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them.

A wise man does not give quick answers to complex questions – he observes, analyzes and contemplates.

The enlightened worry less than others,quarrel less than others,fight less than others,transgress less than others;care more than others,give more than others,and love more than others.

Greater than a sage is the one who taught him; God is the teacher, and the wise are all His students.