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Wisdom Quotes

"One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know."

"One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know."

John Kenneth Galbraith, American Economist

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"An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself."

"An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

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"Our best advice in life usually comes from someone we least expect."

"Our best advice in life usually comes from someone we least expect."

Abdulazeez Henry Musa, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Advice, Surprise, Life

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"Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think that they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure."

"Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think that they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Wisdom, Children, Life, Truth, Experience

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"If you can act right, you are richer than you think."

"If you can act right, you are richer than you think."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Right, Action, Richer, Think

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"The foundation stone of all philosophy is self-knowledge and being true to thy self. A person must address an inner necessity in order to realize the fundamental truth about oneself, seek self-improvement, and gain knowledge through experience."

"The foundation stone of all philosophy is self-knowledge and being true to thy self. A person must address an inner necessity in order to realize the fundamental truth about oneself, seek self-improvement, and gain knowledge through experience."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Wisdom, Philosophy, Self-Knowledge, Truth

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"He explained to me with great insistence that every question posessed a power that did not lie in the answer."

"He explained to me with great insistence that every question posessed a power that did not lie in the answer."

Elie Wiesel, American Novelist

Wisdom, Question, Power, Insight, Curiosity

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"Understanding is aggregated knowledge that has transformed into a lifestyle."

"Understanding is aggregated knowledge that has transformed into a lifestyle."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, Lifestyle

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"Feelings are wonderful decorations, but they are not a foundation to build on."

"Feelings are wonderful decorations, but they are not a foundation to build on."

Peter Kreeft, American Philosopher

Wisdom, Feelings, Emotion, Foundation

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"People might talk, but minding them will not solve your problems. Thinking and then doing solves problems."

"People might talk, but minding them will not solve your problems. Thinking and then doing solves problems."

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, Swedish Businessman

Wisdom, Action, Thinking, Solution, Problem

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"Never cut down a tree whose shade you might need tomorrow."

"Never cut down a tree whose shade you might need tomorrow."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Kindness, Perspective, Future

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"Listen to the whispers or soon you will be listening to the screams."

"Listen to the whispers or soon you will be listening to the screams."

Elizabeth Gilbert, American Novelist

Wisdom, Warning, Awareness, Danger, Intuition

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"That was the trouble with people in general: they were surprisingly unrealistic in their expectations."

"That was the trouble with people in general: they were surprisingly unrealistic in their expectations."

Alexander McCall Smith, British Author

Wisdom, Expectation, Reality, Humanity, Behavior

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"There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted."

"There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Wisdom, Goodness

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"I keep six honest serving-men they taught me all I know their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who."

"I keep six honest serving-men they taught me all I know their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who."

Rudyard Kipling, English Writer

Wisdom, Knowledge, Curiosity, Learning, Inquiry

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"In a group of intelligent men expect only one to be wise."

"In a group of intelligent men expect only one to be wise."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Intelligence, Group, Rarity

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"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Wisdom, Time, First

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"There is something the child sees that he does not see; something the child hears that he does not hear; and this something is the most important thing of all. Because he does not understand it, his understanding is more childish than the child's and more simple than simplicity itself; in spite of the many clever wrinkles on his parchment face, and the masterly play of his fingers in unravelling the knots."

"There is something the child sees that he does not see; something the child hears that he does not hear; and this something is the most important thing of all. Because he does not understand it, his understanding is more childish than the child's and more simple than simplicity itself; in spite of the many clever wrinkles on his parchment face, and the masterly play of his fingers in unravelling the knots."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Wisdom, Perception, Understanding, Simplicity, Knowledge

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"Look deeply at your anger, as you would look at your own child. Don't reject it or hate it. The point of meditation is not to turn yourself into a battlefield, one side opposing the other. Conscious breathing soothes and calms the anger, and mindfulness penetrates it. Anger is just an energy, and all energies can be transformed. Meditation is the art of using one kind of energy to transform another."

"Look deeply at your anger, as you would look at your own child. Don't reject it or hate it. The point of meditation is not to turn yourself into a battlefield, one side opposing the other. Conscious breathing soothes and calms the anger, and mindfulness penetrates it. Anger is just an energy, and all energies can be transformed. Meditation is the art of using one kind of energy to transform another."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Wisdom, Anger, Meditation, Transformation, Energy

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"You'll learn wisdom for yourself, if you have become sedentary."

"You'll learn wisdom for yourself, if you have become sedentary."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Wisdom, Learning, Experience, Knowledge

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"To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea."

"To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Wisdom, Women, Gossip, News, Old

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"It's futile to talk reason to anger."

"It's futile to talk reason to anger."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Wisdom, Anger, Reason, Communication, Conflict

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"Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them."

"Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Wisdom, People, Criticism, Praise

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"No doubt we should be, on the whole, much worse off than we are without our astonishing gift for illusion."

"No doubt we should be, on the whole, much worse off than we are without our astonishing gift for illusion."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Wisdom, Illusion, Gift, Mind, Truth

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"If you always do 'just enough' you'll never have more than enough."

"If you always do 'just enough' you'll never have more than enough."

Rob Liano, American Author

Wisdom, Effort, Success, Discipline, Reward

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"What you read between the covers of your Bible is wisdom for a lifetime, rock-solid, forever truth-truth you can stand on, live by, and trust forever."

"What you read between the covers of your Bible is wisdom for a lifetime, rock-solid, forever truth-truth you can stand on, live by, and trust forever."

Elizabeth George, American Author

Wisdom, Scripture, Truth, Foundation

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"A book may be regarded as irrelevant until it's relevance, importance and purpose is discovered through reading."

"A book may be regarded as irrelevant until it's relevance, importance and purpose is discovered through reading."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Faith, Power, Truth, Happiness

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"Nothing will remain except space and time."

"Nothing will remain except space and time."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Space, Time, Existence, Truth

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"Art translates human souls. Each passing eon's public display of sophisticated hieroglyphics cast a unique depiction upon the rudimentary art of survival."

"Art translates human souls. Each passing eon's public display of sophisticated hieroglyphics cast a unique depiction upon the rudimentary art of survival."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Wisdom, Art, History, Creation, Human

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"The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools."

"The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Fools, Knowledge, Truth

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"Read and search for the answers you seek."

"Read and search for the answers you seek."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Reading, Answers, Truth

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"Practise your knowledge, for knowledge without practice is a body without life."

"Practise your knowledge, for knowledge without practice is a body without life."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Wisdom, Knowledge, Practice, Life, Learning

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"Remember your humanity, and forget the rest."

"Remember your humanity, and forget the rest."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Wisdom, Humanity, Compassion, Forgetfulness, Memory

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"As my mother used to say: "Mimic a duck act calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like crazy underneath.""

"As my mother used to say: "Mimic a duck act calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like crazy underneath.""

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Wisdom, Calm, Patience, Effort, Persistence

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"The last thing she wanted was to see her friend getting ideas in her head. There was such a lot of room in there for them to bounce around and do damage."

"The last thing she wanted was to see her friend getting ideas in her head. There was such a lot of room in there for them to bounce around and do damage."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Wisdom, Idea, Friendship, Mind, Humor

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"When you don't know a thing, learn. When you know the truth, teach."

"When you don't know a thing, learn. When you know the truth, teach."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Learning, Truth, Teaching, Knowledge

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"Be a dog, but don't be a younger brother.Proverb."

"Be a dog, but don't be a younger brother.Proverb."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Wisdom, Saying, Behavior, Advice, Identity

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"The most important principle for self discovery and to taste success is rather than changing other's attitude changes your own. And always remember same sun which melts the butter also hardens the clay."

"The most important principle for self discovery and to taste success is rather than changing other's attitude changes your own. And always remember same sun which melts the butter also hardens the clay."

Abhysheq Shukla, Indian Author

Wisdom, Self, Change, Principle, Success

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"You should base everything on what you see with your own eyes, hear with your own ears and feel with your own heart. Period. Always believe what you KNOW about a person, not what you HEAR."

"You should base everything on what you see with your own eyes, hear with your own ears and feel with your own heart. Period. Always believe what you KNOW about a person, not what you HEAR."

Tanya Masse, Canadian Author

Wisdom, Perception, Truth, Observation, Experience

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"Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital."

"Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Wisdom, Life, Men, Books, Years

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"Don`t allow ignorance to further enslave your destiny."

"Don`t allow ignorance to further enslave your destiny."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Ignorance, Destiny, Fate, Control

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"Against stupidity, be always prepared."

"Against stupidity, be always prepared."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Wisdom, Stupidity, Preparation, Defense

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"If you have to choose between any two, first choose time to think."

"If you have to choose between any two, first choose time to think."

Mohith Agadi, Indian Poet

Wisdom, Time, Choice, Thought

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"Mind the ground, oh yes check the land before you build that mansion. It is only a fallacy to build a great mansion on a waterlogged land without first attending to the land. You shall only sleep in a mansion with problems! Mind the ground!"

"Mind the ground, oh yes check the land before you build that mansion. It is only a fallacy to build a great mansion on a waterlogged land without first attending to the land. You shall only sleep in a mansion with problems! Mind the ground!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Problem, Life, Preparation

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"We can be knowledgeable with another man's knowledge, but we can't be wise with another man's wisdom."

"We can be knowledgeable with another man's knowledge, but we can't be wise with another man's wisdom."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Wisdom, Knowledge, Learning, Experience

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"Avoid transgression. How's that for advice."

"Avoid transgression. How's that for advice."

Marilynne Robinson, American Author

Wisdom, Morality, Advice, Guidance, Discipline

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"The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all."

"The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Wisdom, Idea, Being

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"I would address one general admonition to all, that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they seek it not either for pleasure of the mind, or for contention, or for superiority to others, or for profit, or for fame, or power, or any of these inferior things, but for the benefit and use of life; and that they perfect and govern it in charity. For it was from lust of power that the Angels fell, from lust of knowledge that man fell, but of charity there can be no excess, neither did angel or man come in danger by it."

"I would address one general admonition to all, that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they seek it not either for pleasure of the mind, or for contention, or for superiority to others, or for profit, or for fame, or power, or any of these inferior things, but for the benefit and use of life; and that they perfect and govern it in charity. For it was from lust of power that the Angels fell, from lust of knowledge that man fell, but of charity there can be no excess, neither did angel or man come in danger by it."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Wisdom, Knowledge, Charity, Power, Morality

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"Self-questioning is the road to personal liberation and spiritual enlightenment. Self-questioning spurs the mind to consider new opportunities to arrive at truth."

"Self-questioning is the road to personal liberation and spiritual enlightenment. Self-questioning spurs the mind to consider new opportunities to arrive at truth."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Wisdom, Liberation, Enlightenment, Reflection, Truth

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"The essential cultural discrimination is not between having and not having or haves and have-nots, but between the superfluous and the indispensable. Wisdom, it seems to me, is always poised upon the knowledge of minimums; it might be thought to be the art of minimums. Granting the frailty, and no doubt the impermanence, of modern technology as a human contrivance, the man who can keep a fire in a stove or on a hearth is not only more durable, but wiser, closer to the meaning of fire, than the man who can only work a thermostat."

"The essential cultural discrimination is not between having and not having or haves and have-nots, but between the superfluous and the indispensable. Wisdom, it seems to me, is always poised upon the knowledge of minimums; it might be thought to be the art of minimums. Granting the frailty, and no doubt the impermanence, of modern technology as a human contrivance, the man who can keep a fire in a stove or on a hearth is not only more durable, but wiser, closer to the meaning of fire, than the man who can only work a thermostat."

Wendell Berry, American Poet

Wisdom, Simplicity, Technology, Life

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