"Every year if not every day we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge."

Wisdom, Risk, Knowledge, Uncertainty, Future

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"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Failure, Experience, Growth

"Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Illumination, Learning, Teaching, Growth

"Your time is the life you have at a particular moment."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Time, Life, Moment, Awareness

"Some persons can't accept the truth, due to their inability to let go of their own perceptions."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Wisdom, Truth, Perception, Acceptance, Reality

"When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!'."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Humility, Observation, Learning

"Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody's watching, and doing as you say you would do."

Roy T. Bennett, American Author

Wisdom, Truth, Power, Inspirational

"Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Wisdom, Authenticity, Truth, Values, Philosophy

"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Wisdom, Intellect, Books, Question, Learning

"I'm not much of a believer in the so-called character study; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss."

Stephen King, American Author

Wisdom, Writing, Truth, Power

"Wisdom is the ultimate blooms of a tree we call life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Tree, Life, Growth

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"The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books."

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"The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God."

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"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

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"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."

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"I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the rest late."

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"A new untruth is better than an old truth."

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"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."

"Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously."

"Your time is the life you have at a particular moment."

"Some persons can't accept the truth, due to their inability to let go of their own perceptions."

"When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!'."

"Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody's watching, and doing as you say you would do."

"Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied."

"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."

"I'm not much of a believer in the so-called character study; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss."

"Wisdom is the ultimate blooms of a tree we call life."

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"Apology is only egotism wrong side out."

"It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God."

"But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold."

"Certainty generally is illusion and repose is not the destiny of man."

"The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books."

"The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God."

"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."

"I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the rest late."

"A new untruth is better than an old truth."