Quotes
Quotes about Wit
A bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual past -Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Within a bony labrinthean cave, Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave, This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense is found, Muse, that presides o'er all the Powers of Sound.
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.
I have a heart with room for every joy.
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease. [Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]
A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured. [Ger., Doch ein gekranktes Herz erholt sich schwer.]
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the house of entertainment. â¢Bible Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat. â¢Gaelic Proverb There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect. â¢Gilbert K. Chesterton If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. â¢Arabian Proverb The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. â¢Benjamin Franklin See with your mind, hear with your heart. â¢Kurdish Proverb Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. â¢David Hare Were it not for hope the heart would break.
It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters. â¢Evander Holyfield The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. â¢Deepak Chopra Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft. â¢Ovid Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. â¢Ralph Waldo Emerson A heart in love with beauty never grows old. â¢Turkish Proverb To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart. -Henry Fielding.
What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart. -Raoul Dufy.
It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power . . . a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy, and no one can stop him. -Alexandr Solzhenitsyn.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words with out a heart. -John Bunyan (1628-1688).
To live and let live, without clamour for distinction or recognition; . . . to write truth first on the tablet of one's own heartâthis is the sanity and perfection of living, and my human ideal. -Mary Baker Eddy.
Where is home? Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart's tears can dry at their own pace. -Vernon Baker.
It is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart! -John Bunyan.
Whatever task that you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except in the consciousness of doing your best. -Bernard M. Baruch.
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind. -Henri-Frederic Amiel.
Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either. -Golda Meir.
True creativity quite simply starts with balancing your emotions and activating the power of the heart. Through practicing emotional management from the heart, you tap into the highest form of creativity possible-recreating your perceptions of reality. -Doc Childre.
The purpose of the heart is to know yourself to be yourself and yet one with God. -Edgar Cayce.
If you begin the day with love in your heart, peace in your nerves, and truth in your mind, you not only benefit by their presence but also bring them to others, to your family and friends, and to all those whose destiny draws across your path that day. -Unknown-.
Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart. -Walter Savage Landor.
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts. -Lao Tzu.
