There is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.  Oscar Wilde quotes Water is the only drink for a wise man. Henry David Thoreau quotes To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but to so love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust. Henry David Thoreau quotes It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau quotes A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men. Henry David Thoreau quotes We women are callow fledglings as compared with the wise old birds who manipulate the political machinery, and we still hesitate to believe that a woman can fill certain positions in public life as competently and adequately as a man. Eleanor Roosevelt quotes A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind. Albert Schweitzer quotes There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain. Aeschylus quotes He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. Aeschylus quotes | 
