Saskya Pandita Quotes

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Send a wise man and don't advise him. He should know what to do.

If we are indeed contending for truth and righteousness, let us not tarry till we have talent, or wealth, or any other form of visible power at our disposal; but with such stones as we find in the brook, and with our own usual sling, let us run to meet the enemy.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

He was always sort of a scrappy little kid wasn't he? A bit of a fighter?

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

There is never much to be feared for anyone that is born with sense and truth in him, whatever else he may have or want.

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.

The values transmitted through oral history are many - courage, selflessness, the ability to endure, and to do so with humor and grace. I got those values listening to my dad's stories about the Depression and how their family survived. It gave me courage that I, too, could survive hard times.

Valor by itself may be respected but without wisdom and calculation it does not lead anywhere.

No cracked earth, no blistering sun, no burning wind, no grasshoppers, are a permanent match for the indomitable American farmers and stockmen and their wives and children who have carried on through desperate days, and inspire us with their self-reliance, their tenacity and their courage. It was their fathers' task to make homes; it is their task to keep those homes; it is our task to help them with their fight.

Force without wisdom fall of its own weight.

There is great strength in acting boldly but there is also great strength in not acting if the time is not right.

A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.

Mum built a life for me in a difficult place at a difficult time.