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Wisdom Quotes
"When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out one against the other I take the course indicated by what remains."
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"We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it."
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"All the tools, techniques and technology in the world are nothing without the head, heart and hands to use them wisely, kindly and mindfully."
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"If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive."
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"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently."
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"My desire for knowledge is intermittent; but my desire to bathe my head in atmospheres unknown to my feet is perennial and constant. The highest that we can attain to is not Knowledge, but Sympathy with Intelligence. I do not know that this higher knowledge amounts to anything more definite than a novel and grand surprise on a sudden revelation of the insufficiency of all that we called Knowledge before,-a discovery that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy."
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"The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding."
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"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment."
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"I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom."
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"To be modest in speaking truth is hypocrisy."
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"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men."
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
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"I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity."
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"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."
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"Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have."
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"The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body."
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"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
50
"The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment."
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"In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action."
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"The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament."
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"To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty."
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"If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?"
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"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
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"If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business."
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"We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery."
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"Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom."
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"Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity."
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