Unwise Quotes - Page 2

• To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise.

  George Eliot

  Wisdom, Knowledge, Judging

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.3078, Delphi Classics

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• But I do think its unwise, and it - to build a mosque at the site where 3,000 Americans lost their lives as a result of a terrorist attack. And I think to me it demonstrates that the - that Washington, the White House, the administration, the President himself seems to be disconnected from the mainstream of America.

  John Cornyn

  Thinking, White, America

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• Ésa es siempre la diferencia entre el sabio y el insensato: éste se maravilla de lo insólito; el sabio, de lo habitual.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Sabios, Hombres, Diferencias

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). "A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year", p.7, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.

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• It seems to us unwise to have insisted on teaching geometry to the younger Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, in order to make him a good king, but from Plato's point of view it was essential. He was sufficiently Pythagorean to think that without mathematics no true wisdom is possible.

  Bertrand Russell

  Kings, Plato, Teaching

  Bertrand Russell (2013). “History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition”, p.95, Routledge

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• La sabiduría es el premio que te dan cuando has sido imprudente.

  Piet Pieterszoon Hein

  Given, Prize

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• Any army which does not train to use all the weapons, all the means and methods of warfare that the enemy possesses, or may possess, is behaving in an unwise or even criminal manner. This applies to politics even more than it does to the art of war.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Arte, Guerra, Media

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• So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored.

  Paul Begala

  War, Fighting, Important

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• Men are unwise and curiously planned.

  Doris Lessing

  Hombres

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• The federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines, I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom of federal mandatory minimum sentences. In too many cases, mandatory minimum sentences are unwise and unjust.

  Anthony Kennedy

  Unjust, Accepting, Should

  "Rehnquist slams Congress over reducing sentencing discretion" by Bill Mears, www.cnn.com. January 1, 2004.

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• This is servitude, To serve th'unwise, or him who hath rebelled Against his worthier, as thine now serve thee, Thyself not free, but to thyself enthralled.

  John Milton

  Thee, Servitude, Thyself

  1665 Abdiel to Satan. Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.6, l.178-81.

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• What teens will realize is always a mystery to me. I'm still realizing so many things myself, very belatedly, that it seems unwise to think I have any right to be showing people things in hopes that they'll realize them.

  Diane Duane

  Thinking, People, Teens

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• Mindfulness is being aware of yourself, others, and your surroundings in the moment. When consciously and kindly focusing awareness on life as it unfolds minute by precious minute, you are better able to savor each experience. Also, being closely attentive gives you the opportunity to change unwise or painful feelings and responses quickly. In fact, being truly present in a mindful way is an excellent stress reducer and, because of that, can be seen as consciousness conditioning, a strengthening workout for body, mind, heart, and spirit.

  Sue Thoele

  Workout, Stress, Heart

  Sue Patton Thoele (2008). “The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart”, p.9, New Harbinger Publications

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• We shall be remembered in history as the most cruel, and therefore the most unwise, generation of men that ever yet troubled the earth: the most cruel in proportion to their sensibility, the most unwise in proportion to their science. No people, understanding pain, ever inflicted so much: no people, understanding facts, ever acted on them so little.

  John Ruskin

  Dolor, Hombres, Personas

  John Ruskin (1873). “The Eagle's Nest: Ten Lectures on the Relation of Natural Science to Art, Given Before the University of Oxford in Lent Term, 1872”, p.34

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• Wise or unwise, who doubts for a moment that contentment is the cause of happiness? Yet the inverse is true: we are contented because we are happy, and not happy because we are contented. Well-regulated minds may be satisfied with a small portion of happiness; none can be happy with a small portion of content.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Wise, Doubt, Mind

  Walter Savage Landor (1853). “The works of Walter Savage Landor [ed. by J. Forster].”, p.6

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• It was unwise to plan too carefully. It took only one great failure to learn that lesson.

  Llanura de Belva

  Women, Lessons, Plans

  Belva Plain (2011). “Fortune's Hand”, p.159, Dell

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• There is one form of hope which is never unwise, and which certainly does not diminish with the increase of knowledge. In that form it changes its name, and we call it patience.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, I Barón Lytton

  Patience, Names, Doe

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• I think if you look at Medicare and Medicaid, the premise was that government needs to provide some assistance to people who aren't able to take care of themselves. I think we all share that goal, Republicans and Democrats. I don't think anybody's gonna go back now and say, Let's abolish, or reduce, Medicare and Medicaid. But as we confront the challenges and the responsibilities of our time - from here on - how do we serve more people or different people who are in need of financial assistance? Just forever having the government expand to address all of that seems unwise.

  Tim Pawlenty

  Responsibility, Thinking, Goal

  Fuente: www.esquire.com

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• 'God himself cannot exist without wise men' - Luther said, and was right. But 'God can exist even less without unwise men' - that good old Luther did not say.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Wise, Men, Luther

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2009). “Basic Writings of Nietzsche”, p.171, Modern Library

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• 51% of the French people - who are not very religious - were thinking that what "Charlie Hebdo" did was unwise. They aren't asking for a law to prevent Charlie Hebdo from publishing caricatures, but they are calling on its editors to be a bit more sensible.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Religious, Thinking, Charlie Hebdo

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• Mis mayores errores en el pasado han sido cuando tomé decisiones por ego y no por espíritu. Cuando actué con demasiada rapidez. Cuando no fui lo suficientemente contemplativo, reflexivo u orante, y acabé tomando decisiones que más tarde me daría cuenta de que eran imprudentes.

  Marianne Williamson

  Error, Pasado, Decisión

  "Una conversación con Marianne Williamson: Poderosa pionera del nuevo pensamiento y la espiritualidad". Entrevista con Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think we have people that are not even leaving their comfort zone to engage people with the gospel. I don't know if you can be overzealous, but you can be unwise in the way you do it.

  Greg Laurie

  Thinking, People, Leaving

  "Greg Laurie: Watered-Down Mainline Christianity Is a Sign of the End Times (Entrevista)". Entrevista con Samuel Smith, www.christianpost.com. 29 de agosto de 2016.

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• I think there are a good many Donald Trump voters who are sick of government as it is practiced in America and genuinely want to blow up the system and see what happens. They are stupid - or at least unwise - but not necessarily racist.

  Gene Weingarten

  Stupid, Blow, Thinking

  Fuente: live.washingtonpost.com

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• When we generally make healthy choices about food (or wise choices about life), we tend to move in the right direction, living as we believe God wants us to live. If we make an intentional exception for a special treat or for a diversion, that might not be a big deal. But if we step off the best path, we're tempted to detour into more unwise choices. In that case, your decision does matter.

  Craig Groeschel

  Wise, Moving, Believe

  Fuente: www.biblegateway.com

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• Every book that comes out, every article that comes out, talks about how - while it may have been a "mistake" or an "unwise effort" - the United States was defending South Vietnam from North Vietnamese aggression. And they portray those who opposed the war as apologists for North Vietnam. That's standard to say. The purpose is obvious: to obscure the fact that the United States did attack South Vietnam and the major war was fought against South Vietnam.

  Noam Chomsky

  War, Mistake, Book

  Fuente: chomsky.info

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• Currently, the United States has troops in dozens of countries and is actively fighting in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen (with the occasional drone strike in Pakistan). In addition, the United States is pledged to defend 28 countries in NATO. It is unwise to expand the monetary and military obligations of the United States given the burden of our $20 trillion debt.

  Rand Paul

  Country, Military, Fighting

  Fuente: www.realclearpolitics.com

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