Knowledge is the treasure, but judgement is the treasure of a wise man.
William Penn The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: knowledge wisdom judgement common sense

He who laughs, lasts.
Mary Pettibone Poole 1911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
Categories: sense of humor laughter joy perspective wellness

No one is mediocre who has good sense and good sentiments.
Joseph Joubert The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: quality character intergrity common sense intentions success

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able and yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
William Penn The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: common sense humbleness humility ability character integrity

It is a great art to laught at your own misfortune.
Danish proverb The Prentice-Hall Encyclopedia of World Proverbs
Categories: laughter sense of humor humility humble tears crying pain suffering adversity

We grow too soon old and too late smart.
Pennsylvania Dutch saying Words for All Occasions
Categories: age aging senior citizens elders elderly wisdom knowledge common sense growth education learning understanding

Only the insane take themselves quite seriously.
Max Beerbohm The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Categories: sense of humor humor humility pride vanity conceit perspective character proportion

I believe the root of all happiness on this earth to lie in the realization of a spiritual life with a consciousness of something wider than materialism; in the capacity to live in a world that makes you unselfish because you are not overanxious about your personal place; that makes you tolerant because you realize your own comic fallibilities; that gives you tranquility without complacency because you believe in something so much larger than yourself.
Sir Hugh Walpole Light from Many Lamps
Categories: humility humble happiness joy happy attitude spirituality possessions materialism selfishness selflessness ambition competitiveness sense of humor peace calm serenity faith hope community