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Wisdom Quotes
"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."
91
"Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs."
86
"If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration that you keep alive throughout the day. Then what you say, what you think, and what you do will then be in the light of that wisdom and you will avoid making mistakes and creating suffering."
85
"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently."
85
"It's amazing how people can find all the mistakes in the world concerning another person, but look into the mirror every day without making changes within. Stop looking down your nose at others, What does that achieve? We all can make room for improvements. Most of the time it starts with a little attitude adjustment."
83
"All the tools, techniques and technology in the world are nothing without the head, heart and hands to use them wisely, kindly and mindfully."
78
"Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively."
78
"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."
77
"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men."
76
"To be modest in speaking truth is hypocrisy."
75
"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."
74
"God's word will produce with your level of understanding. The much you can understand it, the more wisdom you are privileged to have."
74
"I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom."
72
"The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment."
72
"Every noble crown is and on earth will ever be a crown of thorns."
71
"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment."
71
"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."
71
"If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?"
71
"A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace."
71
"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."
70
"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."
70
"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
70
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