"Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well."

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"Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Enlightenment

"What one thinks is right is not always the same as what others think is right, no one can be always right."

Roy T. Bennett, American Author

Wisdom, Truth, Power, Inspirational

"To know if someone can speak offensively or politely, don't give him poem to recite; don't give him a song to sing. Just engage him in an argument and you will know it for yourself who he is."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Argument, Politeness, Offense, Character

"Wisdom is the result of time well spent."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Knowing your ignorance is better than your knowledge."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Ignorance, Knowledge, Better

"Our experience is coloured through and through by books and plays and the cinema, and it takes patience and skill to disentangle the things we have really learned from life for ourselves."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Possession without understanding leads to loss."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Possession, Understanding, Value

"Lack of sound mind and judgement - the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions, is a matter of frustration and disillusionment to God."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Judgment, Frustration, DecisionMaking

"Mistakes aren't mistakes they are lessons!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"Knowledge comes from curiosity wisdom comes from experience."

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"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive."

Happiness

"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."

Life

"A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog."

Relationship

"The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class."

Attitude

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."

Inspirational

"One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself."

Nature

"I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate."

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"Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination."

"What one thinks is right is not always the same as what others think is right, no one can be always right."

"To know if someone can speak offensively or politely, don't give him poem to recite; don't give him a song to sing. Just engage him in an argument and you will know it for yourself who he is."

"Wisdom is the result of time well spent."

"Knowing your ignorance is better than your knowledge."

"Our experience is coloured through and through by books and plays and the cinema, and it takes patience and skill to disentangle the things we have really learned from life for ourselves."

"Possession without understanding leads to loss."

"Lack of sound mind and judgement - the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions, is a matter of frustration and disillusionment to God."

"Mistakes aren't mistakes they are lessons!"

"Knowledge comes from curiosity wisdom comes from experience."

Explore more quotes by Jack London

"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive."

"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."

"San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories."

"Affluence means influence."

"If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash."

"A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog."

"The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class."

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."

"One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself."

"I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate."