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Wisdom Quotes
"No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind."
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"When I say 'The good man gave his good dog a good meal,' I use 'good' analogically, for there is at the same time a similarity and a difference between a good man, a good dog, and a good meal. All three are desirable, but a good man is wise and moral, a good dog is tame and affectionate, and a good meal is tasty and nourishing. But a good man is not tasty and nourishing, except to a cannibal; a good dog is not wise and moral, except in cartoons, and a good meal is not tame and affectionate, unless it's alive as you eat it."
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"To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence."
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"Wise people do not claim to know it all, they always prefer to learn from others."
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"Consider this point. It is a main point of true wisdom. Whenever there is an execution of purpose, there must be an agent."
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"First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words;Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher;Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation;And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions."
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"Sometimes paper is only paper,' my mothers says. 'Words are just words. Ways to capture the real thing. Don't be afraid to remember that.'I know what she means. Writing, painting, singing - it cannot stop everything. Cannot halt death in its tracks. But perhaps it can make the pause between death's footsteps sound and look and feel beautiful, can make the space of waiting a place where you can linger without as much fear. For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey there between footsteps makes up our lives."
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"Men are wise in proportion not to their experience but to their capacity for experience."
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"Right words make all of us feel falsely important. Right action keeps all of us forever beginners."
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"Judge not, lest ye miss out on all the fun."
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"Never cut what you can untie."
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"As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution, we suffer from resolution. We don't deserve resolution; we deserve something better than that. We deserve our birthright, which is the middle way, an open state of mind that can relax with paradox and ambiguity."
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"Though the customer is always right, there are some customers you do not want."
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"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure."
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"The cut worm forgives the plow."
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"It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all."
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"To gain wisdom, try to understand with love."
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"Beautiful souls are shaped by ugly experiences."
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"Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession."
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"Do not dismiss the words of the old; they possess wisdom, which comes only with age, and often speak of things that the young are too immature to understand."
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"We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right."
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"The reckoning is how we walk into our story; the rumble is where we own it. The goal of the rumble is to get honest about the stories we're making up about our struggles, to revisit, challenge, and reality-check these narratives."
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"I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets."
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"It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise."
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"Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying."
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