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Wisdom Quotes
"The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom."
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"Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours."
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"People of limited intelligence are fond of talking about "these days," imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of "these days" and that human nature changes with the times."
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"Inteligence lives longer than beauty."
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"And I am now compelled to wonder if wisdom has ever existed or can ever exist. Might wisdom be as impossible in this particular universe as a perpetual-motion machine?"
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"Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense."
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"Worry soils, even the purest mind. Envy poisons, even the purest heart. Greed sullies, even the purest soul."
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"People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately."
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"Gathering eggs is commonsense, waiting for them to hatch is wisdom."
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"Most new ideas come to us not through pure logic, but through a fusion of memory and imagination. If new ideas were purely a product of rationality, other people would quickly grasp and embrace novel solutions. People's lack of imagination prevents them from comprehending the significance of an innovative idea."
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"The truth is never dressed for the occasion."
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"Nature hides its secrets in wisdom, the universe hides its secrets in love."
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"A sharp stick is better than a blunt sword."
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"Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities."
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"We spend our lives learning many things, only to discover (again and again) that most of what we've learned is either wrong or irrelevant. A big part of our mind can handle this; a smaller, deeper part cannot. And it's that smaller part that matters more, because that part of our mind is who we really are (whether we like it or not)."
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"Great minds rise above problems. Great hearts rise above pain. Great souls rise above temptations. Great individuals rise above themselves and the world."
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"The wisdom of God and the knowledge of His spiritual principles are accessible to the sons of God."
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"All men have life, but only few men know its value."
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"Acknowledge that there is a defect in human nature, a built-in waywardness that comes from man's rebellion against God."
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"Quietude is the hermit's humble tool. An intrepid person might attempt to wring out of him or herself a translucent state of creative consciousness by deliberately cutting oneself off from all outside stimuli. When the exterior world forms a wall of impenetrable silence, in our state of exile we can hear the unique cadence of the subtle mind's authentic ringtone."
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"A man who makes a mistake, can learn from it.A man that makes the same mistake again, has never made a mistake in the first place."
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"Read the lines as if they were unknown to you, and you will feel in your inmost self how very much they are yours."
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"True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can."
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"Wisdom allows you to decide how best to apply yourself to get the most return on your time and energy invested."
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"That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest."
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"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?Where is the knowledge we have lost in infomation?"
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"Some people will follow their minds without listening to their hearts, and others will follow their hearts without listening to their minds. This is why reason exists, for there to be balance between the heart and mind. We were not meant to follow the mind and ignore the heart. Instead, we were meant to follow the heart over the mind, but without completely abandoning logic. The middle way is the preferred way, and this path simply means to allow your heart to drive you, but do not forget to balance reason with your conscience."
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"Always think backwards before moving forwards."
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"It was easier to know it than to explain why I knew it."
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"When you finally understand the meaning of life, you come to the conclusion it has none after all."
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"One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know."
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