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Wisdom Quotes
"There's a difference between regret and questioning your decision. Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret in the future."
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"None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm."
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"Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil."
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"Never test another man by your own weakness."
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"You boys going to get somewhere, or just going?" We didn't understand his question, and it was a damned good question."
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"In particular, for younger researchers on whom the future of mankind may depend. We believe that they are working with all the scientific wisdom at their disposal for the preservation of the inheritance of the earth and for the lasting survival of mankind."
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"Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits."
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"We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so."
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"Don't judge a book by its cover."
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"Pretentiousness isn't always just big words and meaningless jargon, but also pretty words that either when put into action don't mean beans or hurt you in the long run. Oftentimes, the former appeals to the intellect whereas the latter appeals to the heart."
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"The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them in action in another person."
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"You know, Junpei, everything in the world has its reasons for doing what it does."
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"Silence makes idiots seem wise even for a minute."
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"Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement."
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"It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality."
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"To every problem there is already a solution whether you know it or not."
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"Red flags are moments of hesitation that determine our destination."
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"Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge."
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"When you share your misery, it will not diminish. When you fail to share your joy, it diminishes. Share your problems only with the Divine, not with anyone else, as that will only increase the problems. Share your joy with everyone.Listen to others; yet do not listen. If your mind gets stuck in their problems, not only are they miserable, but you also become miserable."
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"The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason."
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"Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness."
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"Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story."
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"If you could understand impermanence deeply, you would develop more equanimity. You would not get too excited about either the ups and downs of life."
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"Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives."
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"Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation."
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"The horizon changes but the sun does not."
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"The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days."
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"Past data should only be used as a learning and not as a base for setting future goals."
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"Paul looked down at the hand that had known pain, and then up to the Reverend Mother. The sound of her voice contained a difference than from any other voicing his experience. The words were outlined in brilliance. There was an edge to them."
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"Wisdom is merely the movement from fighting life to embracing it."
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"I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain."
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"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
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"Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it."
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"Real smart begins when you quit quoting other people."
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