Rumi Quotes

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.

It is said that the night brings counsel, but it is not said that the counsel is necessarily good.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

I've learned people are watching, so don't do nothing stupid.

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

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.

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

Being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

... smart but not wise.

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.

Some are smart but they are not wise

Men's wisdom increases with reference to what lies before them.

A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.

It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.

Insight essentially means being able to see things other people are not able to see. This is the hallmark of leadership.

And so he who looks down at his feet will not know the truth, but he who discerns by the sun which way to go.

A SEEING eye is better than three hundred blind men's: The eye can distinguish pearls from pebbles.

A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.