Johann Kaspar Lavater Wise Quotations

Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise.

The conscience is more wise than science.

Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood, he is of celestial descent.

It is one of my favorite thoughts that God manifests Himself to men in all the wise, good, humble, generous, great, and magnanimous men.

Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.

Conscience is wiser than science.

There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.

He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces him of his error, commands our veneration.