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"Nothing wrong with a little optimism, long as it doesn't set policy...."

"Nothing wrong with a little optimism, long as it doesn't set policy...."

James S.A. Corey, American Author

Wisdom, Optimism, Policy, Balance, Hope

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"The seeking face that will not alter when presented with reason, must delight in its wearer's prideful ignorance."

"The seeking face that will not alter when presented with reason, must delight in its wearer's prideful ignorance."

Justin K. McFarlane Beau, Canadian Poet

Wisdom, Reason, Truth, Knowledge

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"Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety."

"Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer

Wisdom, Question, Mind, Learning

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"Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means."

"Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means."

Francis Hutcheson, Irish Philosopher

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"Remember that it is quicker to destroy than build, so be careful of what you do even with your own tongue."

"Remember that it is quicker to destroy than build, so be careful of what you do even with your own tongue."

Gift Gugu Mona, South African Motivational Speaker

Wisdom, Caution, Action, Responsibility, Speech

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"If you understand others you are smart.If you understand yourself you are illuminated.If you overcome others you are powerful.If you overcome yourself you have strength.If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.If you can act with vigor, you have a will.If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.If you die without loss, you are eternal."

"If you understand others you are smart.If you understand yourself you are illuminated.If you overcome others you are powerful.If you overcome yourself you have strength.If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.If you can act with vigor, you have a will.If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.If you die without loss, you are eternal."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Wisdom, Understanding, Smart, Overcoming, Strength

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"There are three perquisites for living:1. Be yourself.2. Get over yourself (Things people have done to you, things you have done to others)3. Have a strong commitment to something greater than yourself."

"There are three perquisites for living:1. Be yourself.2. Get over yourself (Things people have done to you, things you have done to others)3. Have a strong commitment to something greater than yourself."

Johnnie Dent Jr., American Author

Wisdom, Identity, Commitment, Life

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"As much as Merthyr is a fighting town, these people also have hearts of gold. I worked all over Monmouth, and then the Aberfan disaster happened! That was a very emotional episode in my life. I never want to see anything like that ever again! In my opinion, the tip should have been moved well before the rain got in to it, and the old tip came rolling down the hillside on the school and the walls just caved in!"

"As much as Merthyr is a fighting town, these people also have hearts of gold. I worked all over Monmouth, and then the Aberfan disaster happened! That was a very emotional episode in my life. I never want to see anything like that ever again! In my opinion, the tip should have been moved well before the rain got in to it, and the old tip came rolling down the hillside on the school and the walls just caved in!"

Stephen Richards, British Author

Wisdom, Truth, Regret, Reflection

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"There are feet that are swift to mete out defeat to anything different, but in doing so the assailant is already defeated. I say to them that the lack of awareness concerning their premature end is due to their immaturity and ignorance. The awareness defeatists lack, is found in those they hunger to defeat. To them, difference is hostility."

"There are feet that are swift to mete out defeat to anything different, but in doing so the assailant is already defeated. I say to them that the lack of awareness concerning their premature end is due to their immaturity and ignorance. The awareness defeatists lack, is found in those they hunger to defeat. To them, difference is hostility."

Justin K. McFarlane Beau, Canadian Poet

Wisdom, Truth, Awareness, Difference, Conflict

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"Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one's prejudices."

"Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one's prejudices."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Wisdom, Travel, Prejudice, Mind, Experience

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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."

"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."

Roy T. Bennett, American Author

Wisdom, Perfection, Happiness, Truth, Power

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"I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion."

"I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion."

Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher

Wisdom, Forget, Mind, Necessity, Order

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"Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom."

"Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Cunning

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"Proverbs and truisms are for this reason dangerous, because they produce blindness or non-thought."

"Proverbs and truisms are for this reason dangerous, because they produce blindness or non-thought."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Wisdom, Blindness, Thought, Criticism, Truth

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"It is strange that men will prepare for everything except death. We prepare for education. We prepare for business. We prepare for our careers. We prepare for marriage. We prepare for old age. We prepare for everything except the moment we are to die."

"It is strange that men will prepare for everything except death. We prepare for education. We prepare for business. We prepare for our careers. We prepare for marriage. We prepare for old age. We prepare for everything except the moment we are to die."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Wisdom, Prepare, Except, Everything

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"You should never assume. You know what happens when you assume. You make an ass out of you and me because that's how it's spelled."

"You should never assume. You know what happens when you assume. You make an ass out of you and me because that's how it's spelled."

Ellen DeGeneres, American Comedian

Wisdom, Humor, Thinking, Caution

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"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it."

"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it."

David Starr Jordan, American Writer

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"The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion."

"The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"We know the value of a blessing when we don't have it. But we only know the value of knowledge when we have enough of it."

"We know the value of a blessing when we don't have it. But we only know the value of knowledge when we have enough of it."

Raheel Farooq, Pakistani Writer

Wisdom, Knowledge, Blessing, Values, Awareness

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"The best revenge to get on your distractors is taking the high road. Avoid playing their game, following their murky rules."

"The best revenge to get on your distractors is taking the high road. Avoid playing their game, following their murky rules."

Assegid Habtewold, Ethiopian Author

Wisdom, Revenge, Strategy, Power, Patience

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"Your words have the power of life and death. Choose them wisely."

"Your words have the power of life and death. Choose them wisely."

Orrin Woodward, American Author

Wisdom, Word, Power, Choice, Life

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"I know more about what it's like to be elderly and infirm and kind of stupid, the way you get forgetful, but on the other hand I'm a littler, wiser, dare we say? The word 'wisdom' has kind of faded out of our vocabulary, but yeah, I'm a little wiser."

"I know more about what it's like to be elderly and infirm and kind of stupid, the way you get forgetful, but on the other hand I'm a littler, wiser, dare we say? The word 'wisdom' has kind of faded out of our vocabulary, but yeah, I'm a little wiser."

John Updike, American Novelist

Wisdom, Aging, Experience, Reflection

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"If you can't explain it, how can you take credit for it?"

"If you can't explain it, how can you take credit for it?"

Harold Grange, American Athlete

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"Those that succeed most in life are those that see wisdom in life as a positive venture."

"Those that succeed most in life are those that see wisdom in life as a positive venture."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Wisdom, Life, Success, Inspirational

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"Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle."

"Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle."

Helen Keller, American Author

Wisdom, Balance, Effort, Mind

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"When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again."

"When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again."

Roy T. Bennett, American Author

Wisdom, Truth, Power, Today

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"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Wisdom, Art, Earth, Greed, Man

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"The hard part of ReThinking, is most people don't usually do much normal REAL thinking anyway. They live their lives on automatic reaction."

"The hard part of ReThinking, is most people don't usually do much normal REAL thinking anyway. They live their lives on automatic reaction."

Tony Dovale, South African Author

Wisdom, Thinking, Change, Mindset, Awareness

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"We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast, When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes, And a man with his back to the East."

"We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast, When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes, And a man with his back to the East."

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, British Novelist

Wisdom, Eyes, Man, Open, Woman

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"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."

"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Wisdom, People, Mind, Open, Trouble

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"Patience Is Not the Ability to Wait: Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting."

"Patience Is Not the Ability to Wait: Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting."

Roy T. Bennett, American Author

Wisdom, Patience, Truth, Power

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"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself."

"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

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"No person is ever wrong in how they experience their reality."

"No person is ever wrong in how they experience their reality."

Alaric Hutchinson, American Author

Wisdom, Reality, Perception, Individual, Truth

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"Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third."

"Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Wisdom, Violence, Strategy, Strength

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"Let the flesh instruct the mind."

"Let the flesh instruct the mind."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Wisdom, Body, Mind, Instinct, Guidance

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"Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get."

"Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Wisdom, Old, Want

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"It was the call for animals that have two horns that brought out the snail."

"It was the call for animals that have two horns that brought out the snail."

Ikechukwu Joseph, Nigerian Motivational Speaker

Wisdom, Nature, Irony, Sound, Animals

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"We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom."

"We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom."

Stephen Vincent Benet, American Poet

Wisdom, Power, Thought

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"The soil needs the seed and the seed needs the soil. The one only has meaning with the other. It is the same thing with human beings. When male knowledge joins with female transformation, then the great magical union is created, and its name is wisdom. Wisdom means both to know and to transform."

"The soil needs the seed and the seed needs the soil. The one only has meaning with the other. It is the same thing with human beings. When male knowledge joins with female transformation, then the great magical union is created, and its name is wisdom. Wisdom means both to know and to transform."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Wisdom, Knowledge, Transformation, Union

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"Be wise. Be brave. Be tricky."

"Be wise. Be brave. Be tricky."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Wisdom, Bravery, Trickery, Advice

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"No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks."

"No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks."

Erica Jong, American Novelist

Wisdom, Being, Fool, Fools

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"Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it."

"Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Wisdom, Knowledge, Treasure, Practice, Key

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"You get to decide what to worship."

"You get to decide what to worship."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

Wisdom, Choice, Worship, Values, Life

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"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common."

"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."

"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Wealth, Content

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"Let every man shovel out his own snow, and the whole city will be passable,' said Gamache. Seeing Beauvoir's puzzled expression he added, 'Emerson.''Lake and Palmer?''Ralph and Waldo."

"Let every man shovel out his own snow, and the whole city will be passable,' said Gamache. Seeing Beauvoir's puzzled expression he added, 'Emerson.''Lake and Palmer?''Ralph and Waldo."

Louise Penny, Canadian Author

Wisdom, Responsibility, Community, Action

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"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress."

"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress."

Barack Obama, American President

Wisdom, Progress, Right, Walking

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"Anyone who says he knows God's intention is showing a lot of very human ego."

"Anyone who says he knows God's intention is showing a lot of very human ego."

Michael Crichton, American Author

Wisdom, Humility, Faith, Truth

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"When wisdom comes, transformation comes. Wisdom makes the difference between the succeeding man and the failing man."

"When wisdom comes, transformation comes. Wisdom makes the difference between the succeeding man and the failing man."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Transformation, Success, Failure

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"Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts."

"Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Habit, Excellence, Result

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