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Wisdom Quotes
"They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed."
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"The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense."
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"This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God."
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"In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies."
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"Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom."
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"God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own."
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"All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable."
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"Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race."
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"The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it."
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"I took note of the Buddha's teaching that in one sense a supposed enemy is more valuable than a friend, for an enemy teaches you things, such as forbearance, that a friend generally does not."
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"Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom."
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"Pieces of jigsaw puzzle might all be different but when fit in, completes the story. Expecting all pieces to be the same is craziness, completing the puzzle is what you are born for!!!!"
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"Education costs an arm and a leg, but ignorance costs you your mind and your soul."
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"Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence."
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"Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents."
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"All that I did," she said, "everything I tried to do. All for nothing." Nothing is done entirely for nothing, said the fox of dreams. Nothing is wasted. You are older, and you have made decisions, and you are not the fox you were yesterday. Take what you have learned, and move on."
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"If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small."
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"I know the power of speech. I don't talk much."
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"I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad."
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"Perfectionism is the enemy of happiness. Embrace being perfectly imperfect. Learn from your mistakes and forgive yourself, you'll be happier. We make mistakes because we are imperfect. Learn from your mistakes, forgive yourself, and keep moving forward."
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"I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that."
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"No one ever taught me and I can't teach anyone. If you can't explain it, how can you take credit for it?"
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"Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity."
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"That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man."
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"If we refuse to accept knowledge because it frightens us, we will never grow. If we give in to fear, we will never outgrow hatred."
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"I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men."
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"Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil."
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