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Wisdom Quotes
"The man, like the mouse, undermines what he cannot understand. Because he bumps into a thing, he calls it the nearest obstacle; though the obstacle may happen to be the pillar that holds the roof over his head. he industriously removes the obstacle; and in return the obstacle removes him; and much more valuable things than he."
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"In a series of events, all of which had been a bit thick, this, in his opinion, achieved the maximum of thickness."
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"The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive."
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"Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson."
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"For fools admire but men of sense approve."
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"Good company upon the road is the shortest cut."
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"You can never appreciate the scent of a flower by another's description. Some things are left to experience. Journey of self."
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"In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious."
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"Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others."
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"It's important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life."
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"To understand is to forgive."
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"So many thoughts, my kvothe. you know too much to be happy."
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"When wisdom comes, transformation comes. Wisdom makes the difference between the succeeding man and the failing man."
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"How long does one have to live before one can no longer be fooled by words?"
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"The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is."
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"Listen until you're the smartest. Learn until you're the wisest. Live until you're the merriest. Love until you're the kindest."
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"A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful."
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"Communication is the one class no one graduates from. Even the wisest man's words will be misinterpreted by a fool."
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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."
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"The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance."
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"Altering your perspective can provide you the luxury of seeing things for what they are, not what you wish them to be."
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"Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!"
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"Then she said a good ruler has to learn his world's language, that it's different for every world. And I thought she meant they didn't speak Galach on Arrakis, but she said that wasn't it at all. She said she meant the language of the rocks and growing things, the language you don't hear just with your ears. And I said that's what Dr. Yueh calls the Mystery of Life. Hawat chuckled. "How'd that sit with her? "I think she got mad. She said the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. So I quoted the First Law of Mentat at her: 'A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it."
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"No matter how much experience you have, there's always something new you can learn and room for improvement."
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"I'm a man of simple tastes. I'm always satisfied with the best."
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