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Wisdom Quotes

"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration."

"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration."

Ansel Adams, American Photographer

Wisdom, Experience, Time, Exploration

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"Taren Ferry folk had a reputation for slyness and trickery. If you shook hands with a Taren Ferry man, people said, you counted your fingers afterwards."

"Taren Ferry folk had a reputation for slyness and trickery. If you shook hands with a Taren Ferry man, people said, you counted your fingers afterwards."

Robert Jordan, American Author

Wisdom, Reputation, Deceit, Slyness, Caution

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"Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength."

"Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength."

Phil Jackson, American Coach

Wisdom, Strength

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"A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan."

"A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan."

Adelbert von Chamisso, German Poet

Wisdom, Shadow, Sun

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"Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on."

"Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

Wisdom, Difficulty, Will

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"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce."

"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Wisdom, History, First, Tragedy

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"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."

"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."

John Wooden, American Coach

Wisdom, God, Talent, Conceit, Fame

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"Everything that brings us well being is achieved through allowing ourselves to flow with life and be in harmony. Pain happens, it is our attachment to the pain and our resistance to change that causes suffering."

"Everything that brings us well being is achieved through allowing ourselves to flow with life and be in harmony. Pain happens, it is our attachment to the pain and our resistance to change that causes suffering."

Alaric Hutchinson, American Author

Wisdom, Life, Harmony, Pain, Suffering

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"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Wisdom, May, Order

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"Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar."

"Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

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"By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense."

"By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense."

Horace Walpole, English Author

Wisdom, Nonsense, Respect

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"What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out."

"What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

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"When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees."

"When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer

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"All I know is that I do not know anything."

"All I know is that I do not know anything."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Knowledge, Philosophy, Observation, Humility

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"Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise."

"Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise."

Paul Engle, American Poet

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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."

"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."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Wisdom, Experience, Power, Ability, Beliefs

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"Fairytales by nature only talk about the victors. The survivors. Nobody speaks about what happens to those who failed, except in the abstract: as cautionary tales to guide others onto the path to success. How many brave knights fell to the dragon before he was slayed by the noble prince? How many children burned to a crisp and eaten before the wicked witch received her due? These stories are lost, but the lesson behind them is not: it is not enough to be merely pure and good."

"Fairytales by nature only talk about the victors. The survivors. Nobody speaks about what happens to those who failed, except in the abstract: as cautionary tales to guide others onto the path to success. How many brave knights fell to the dragon before he was slayed by the noble prince? How many children burned to a crisp and eaten before the wicked witch received her due? These stories are lost, but the lesson behind them is not: it is not enough to be merely pure and good."

Nenia Campbell, Swedish Musician

Wisdom, Victory, Failure, Lesson, Story

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"The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind."

"The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American Writer

Wisdom, Greatness, Being, Lies

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"Mistakes are your school of learning therefore forgiveness is your greatest teacher in this school of learning."

"Mistakes are your school of learning therefore forgiveness is your greatest teacher in this school of learning."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Wisdom, Learning, Forgiveness, Mistakes, Growth

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"Ah, not in knowledge is happiness, but in the acquisition of knowledge! In forever knowing, we are forever blessed; but to know all, were the curse of a fiend."

"Ah, not in knowledge is happiness, but in the acquisition of knowledge! In forever knowing, we are forever blessed; but to know all, were the curse of a fiend."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Wisdom, Knowledge, Learning, Curiosity, Humility

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"I think we're part of a greater wisdom that we will ever understand; a higher order, call it what you want. Know what I call it? The Big Electron. It doesn't punish, it doesn't reward, it doesn't judge at all. It just is."

"I think we're part of a greater wisdom that we will ever understand; a higher order, call it what you want. Know what I call it? The Big Electron. It doesn't punish, it doesn't reward, it doesn't judge at all. It just is."

George Carlin, American Comedian

Wisdom, Truth, Observation, Philosophy

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"The problem is never the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Think before you rush into action."

"The problem is never the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Think before you rush into action."

Ziad K. Abdelnour, Lebanese Author

Wisdom, Problem, Attitude, Action

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"Little minds are interested in the extraordinary great minds in the commonplace."

"Little minds are interested in the extraordinary great minds in the commonplace."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Wisdom, Intelligence, Thought, Perception, Knowledge

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"I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old."

"I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Wisdom, Fear, Conservative, Old, Radical

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"Knowledge is the food of the soul."

"Knowledge is the food of the soul."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Knowledge, Soul, Food, Learning

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"If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short."

"If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short."

Franz Grillparzer, Austrian Poet

Wisdom, Sky, Support, Trees

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"The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good."

"The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good."

Pierre Charron, French Philosopher

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"We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent."

"We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Wisdom, Play, World

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"Unlock untie yourself from people who rope u into redundancy."

"Unlock untie yourself from people who rope u into redundancy."

Ikechukwu Joseph, Nigerian Motivational Speaker

Wisdom, Freedom, Detachment, Boundaries, Independence

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"Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably."

"Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

Wisdom, Mistake, May, Old

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"In general, sharing and using things decreases their value. However, knowledge increases by implementation and especially by sharing among people."

"In general, sharing and using things decreases their value. However, knowledge increases by implementation and especially by sharing among people."

Eraldo Banovac, Croatian Scientist

Wisdom, Sharing, Knowledge, Values, Growth

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

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Wisdom, Risk, Knowledge, Uncertainty, Future

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"If a man looks sharply and attentively he shall see fortune for though she be blind yet she is not invisible."

"If a man looks sharply and attentively he shall see fortune for though she be blind yet she is not invisible."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Wisdom, Observation, Perception, Opportunity, Awareness

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"It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer."

"It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

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"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Wealth, Possessions

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"Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it is expressed in words, a little bit distorted, a little foolish...It is perfectly fine with me that what for one man is precious wisdom for another sounds like foolery."

"Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it is expressed in words, a little bit distorted, a little foolish...It is perfectly fine with me that what for one man is precious wisdom for another sounds like foolery."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

Wisdom, Word, Meaning, Truth

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"The wisdom of age: don't stop walking."

"The wisdom of age: don't stop walking."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Wisdom, Walking

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"The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days."

"The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Wisdom, Power, End, Harm, Understanding

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"Except in cases of necessity which are rare leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies they are ready enough to tell him."

"Except in cases of necessity which are rare leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies they are ready enough to tell him."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Wisdom, Truth, Advice, Friendship

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"It is not white hair that engenders wisdom."

"It is not white hair that engenders wisdom."

Menander, Greek Poet

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"I have made so many mistakes but I have learned a lot and I'm confident to say - he who never made a mistake never made any discovery."

"I have made so many mistakes but I have learned a lot and I'm confident to say - he who never made a mistake never made any discovery."

Bernard Kelvin Clive, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Mistake, Discovery, Learning, Failure

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"We need the wisdom to accept the fact that this world abounds with issues we cannot solve; and we need to part ways with those people, ideas and things that are a vexation to the soul."

"We need the wisdom to accept the fact that this world abounds with issues we cannot solve; and we need to part ways with those people, ideas and things that are a vexation to the soul."

Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Cameroonian Author

Wisdom, Acceptance, Soul, Detachment

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"One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success."

"One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success."

Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor

Wisdom, Money, Success, Work, Invention

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"We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation."

"We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation."

William O. Douglas, American Judge

Wisdom, Legislation

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"Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems,You shall possess the good of the earth and sun.... there are millions of suns left,You shall no longer take things at second or third hand.... nor look through the eyes of the dead.... nor feed on the spectres in books,You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me,You shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself."

"Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems,You shall possess the good of the earth and sun.... there are millions of suns left,You shall no longer take things at second or third hand.... nor look through the eyes of the dead.... nor feed on the spectres in books,You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me,You shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Wisdom, Awareness, Individual, Experience, Discovery

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"Beliefs are choices. First you choose your beliefs. Then your beliefs affect your choices."

"Beliefs are choices. First you choose your beliefs. Then your beliefs affect your choices."

Roy T. Bennett, American Author

Wisdom, Choice, Belief, Truth, Power

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"Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom."

"Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Wisdom, Knowledge, Cunning, Justice

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"An eye for an eye." "And the whole world goes blind," Coral puts in quietly."

"An eye for an eye." "And the whole world goes blind," Coral puts in quietly."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Wisdom, Revenge, Peace, Violence

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"They ran their heads very hard against wrong ideas, and persisted in trying to fit the circumstances to the ideas instead of trying to extract ideas from the circumstances."

"They ran their heads very hard against wrong ideas, and persisted in trying to fit the circumstances to the ideas instead of trying to extract ideas from the circumstances."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Wisdom, Idea, Persistence, Reality, Logic

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"Gandalf: Often does hatred hurt itself!"

"Gandalf: Often does hatred hurt itself!"

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Wisdom, Hatred, Pain, Irony, Conflict

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