What would you consider to be the wisest thing you have ever heard?

Question

What was the wisest thing you have ever heard, and who said it? (referring to actually being wise, not a joker or funny)

Answer 1

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.....

Answer 2

If you think that you have the wisest thing you have ever heard, then that will never be the one.
since life is evolving and new wise thoughts should also evolve.

i should rephrase your question as.

wht is the one of the wisest thing that you have ever heard.

and i would say.

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior,
the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

Answer 3

Desiderata
by Max Ehrman

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I can't say its the wisest thing I've ever heard, but its definitely the wisest thing I've heard today...

"You are what you are, not for what you've written, but for what you've read."

Answer 6

My dad always says "it doesn't do any good to get hung up on stuff", like meaning to let things go. He lost my mom to cancer 10 years ago,and he feels like there is things he could have done to make things better if he could go back. But he knows that it does nobody any good to keep thinking about that stuff, so he has let it go.

Answer 7

um i was told to shut up. hard for a guy that lives with 3 kids and see's about 3-5 visitors or less monthly. moving to the country gonna eat me a lotta peaches my ...

Answer 8

All the talent in the world means nothing unless you make good choices.

Answer 9

"The person who needs a vacation the most is the person who has just had one"

This saying changed my life. Now I'm always on vacation!

Answer 10

Believe it or not, on October 4, 2001 in Washington, DC, George W. Bush said, "And there's no doubt in my mind, not one doubt in my mind, that we will fail."