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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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"Decisions are always characterized by the lack of information and knowledge."

"Decisions are always characterized by the lack of information and knowledge."

Pearl Zhu, American Author

Wisdom, Decision, Knowledge, Uncertainty, Truth

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"To a man with only a hammer, a screw is a defective nail."

"To a man with only a hammer, a screw is a defective nail."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Wisdom, Perspective, Problem, Thinking, Limitation

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"Don't wander around with your eyes closed, know your path clearly."

"Don't wander around with your eyes closed, know your path clearly."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Direction, Clarity, Path, Vision

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"Do not follow conformity toward the darkness. Follow the light of wisdom to fill the world with happiness."

"Do not follow conformity toward the darkness. Follow the light of wisdom to fill the world with happiness."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Conformity, Darkness, Light

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"I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from."

"I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

Wisdom, Acting, Help, Meeting, Words

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"A wise man is not afraid to face the truth."

"A wise man is not afraid to face the truth."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Wisdom, Truth, Courage, Reality

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"Sometimes your wish can become chaos ... be careful what you wish for!"

"Sometimes your wish can become chaos ... be careful what you wish for!"

Stephen Richards, British Author

Wisdom, Wish, Chaos, Consequence, Desire

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"Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education."

"Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Wisdom, Commonsense, Education, Logic, Knowledge

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"Our inner wisdom is persistent, but quiet. It will always whisper, but it will never stop knocking at your door."

"Our inner wisdom is persistent, but quiet. It will always whisper, but it will never stop knocking at your door."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

Wisdom, Persistence, Quiet, Intuition

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"They say: 'Seek wisdom while you have the strength, or you may lose the strength without gaining wisdom."

"They say: 'Seek wisdom while you have the strength, or you may lose the strength without gaining wisdom."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Wisdom, Strength, Life, Knowledge

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"Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit."

"Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Wisdom, Men, People, Virtue, Ambition

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"Neither love without knowledge nor knowledge without love can produce a good life."

"Neither love without knowledge nor knowledge without love can produce a good life."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Wisdom, Love, Knowledge, Life, Goodness

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"To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything."

"To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Wisdom, History, Indifference, Misery, Sun

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"Knowing is important, but understanding is essential for wisdom."

"Knowing is important, but understanding is essential for wisdom."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Knowing, Understanding, Essential

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"Only the foolish would think that wisdom is something to keep locked in a drawer. Only the fearful would feel empowerment is something best kept to oneself, or the few, and not shared with all."

"Only the foolish would think that wisdom is something to keep locked in a drawer. Only the fearful would feel empowerment is something best kept to oneself, or the few, and not shared with all."

Rasheed Ogunlaru, British Motivational Speaker

Wisdom, Empowerment, Fear, Sharing

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"Words are life. We are our words. Choose your words carefully."

"Words are life. We are our words. Choose your words carefully."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Words, Life, Inspirational, Truth

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"All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance."

"All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Wisdom, Knowledge, Ignorance, Learning

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"Simplicity and humility are the flowers of greatness."

"Simplicity and humility are the flowers of greatness."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Simplicity, Humility, Greatness, Beauty

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"It is true that words have power, and one of the things they are able to do is get out of someone's mouth before the speaker has the chance to stop them."

"It is true that words have power, and one of the things they are able to do is get out of someone's mouth before the speaker has the chance to stop them."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Wisdom, Word, Power, Truth

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"Go home, and let all your relatives off the potter's wheel. You are not the potter!"

"Go home, and let all your relatives off the potter's wheel. You are not the potter!"

Joyce Meyer, American Author

Wisdom, Family, Boundaries, Identity, Control

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"It is difficult to make the right choice if you fear choosing wrongly."

"It is difficult to make the right choice if you fear choosing wrongly."

Roy T. Bennett, American Author

Wisdom, Fear, Truth, Power

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"Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind."

"Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Wisdom, Knowledge, Mind, Understanding, Truth

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"Life is existence with meaning."

"Life is existence with meaning."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Wisdom, Life, Meaning, Existence, Purpose

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"Young men think old men fools and old men know young men to be so."

"Young men think old men fools and old men know young men to be so."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Wisdom, Age, Experience, Youth

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"Haven't you noticed that opinion without knowledge is always a poor thing? At the best it is blind-isn't anyone who holds a true opinion without understanding like a blind man on the right road?"

"Haven't you noticed that opinion without knowledge is always a poor thing? At the best it is blind-isn't anyone who holds a true opinion without understanding like a blind man on the right road?"

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Opinion, Knowledge, Blind, Truth

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"Embrace wisdom and relentlessly pursue joy, and you can live agelessly."

"Embrace wisdom and relentlessly pursue joy, and you can live agelessly."

Amy Leigh Mercree, American Author

Wisdom, Joy, Pursuit, Truth

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"To think, to think, even with a split second left - to think was the only hope."

"To think, to think, even with a split second left - to think was the only hope."

George Orwell, British Author

Wisdom, Thought, Hope, Survival, Truth

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"Common sense is in spite of not the result of education."

"Common sense is in spite of not the result of education."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Wisdom, Commonsense, Education, Knowledge, Life

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"There is a science to living well and art to experiencing the good life, and it begins with wisdom."

"There is a science to living well and art to experiencing the good life, and it begins with wisdom."

Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Science, Art, Life

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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."

Mark Twain, American Author

Wisdom, Travel, Prejudice, Bigotry, Open-mindedness

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"First draft: let it run. Turn all the knobs up to 11. Second draft: hell. Cut it down and cut it into shape. Third draft: comb its nose and blow its hair. I usually find that most of the book will have handed itself to me on that first draft."

"First draft: let it run. Turn all the knobs up to 11. Second draft: hell. Cut it down and cut it into shape. Third draft: comb its nose and blow its hair. I usually find that most of the book will have handed itself to me on that first draft."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Wisdom, Draft, Writing, Creativity, Editing

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"Each book which so far is written is filled with a new thoughts... new images... new arguments... new discussions."

"Each book which so far is written is filled with a new thoughts... new images... new arguments... new discussions."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Wisdom, Truth, Power, Today

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"A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn't implement any of it."

"A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn't implement any of it."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

Wisdom, Advice, Listening, Knowledge

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"The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism."

"The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Wisdom, Cause, Credulity, Mind, Skepticism

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"Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action."

"Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Wisdom, Men, Action, Actions, Man

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"It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living."

"It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living."

Eckhart Tolle, German Author

Wisdom, Life, Living, Time

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"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations."

"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Wisdom, Experience, Quotations

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"Courage is important but it shouldn't be used in making impulsive decisions or taking uncalculated actions."

"Courage is important but it shouldn't be used in making impulsive decisions or taking uncalculated actions."

Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Courage, Decision, Action

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"Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn't all have to be by tomorrow!"

"Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn't all have to be by tomorrow!"

William Eardley IV, American Public Servant

Wisdom, Ability

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"If there's one thing that's irrefutably absurd, it's believing that we can separate intelligence from wisdom and still have it be intelligence."

"If there's one thing that's irrefutably absurd, it's believing that we can separate intelligence from wisdom and still have it be intelligence."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Wisdom, Intelligence, Truth, Power

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"Experience and miracle are two agents crafted with different names and meanings, yet express the exact same nature. It takes a miracle to gap experience. It takes experience to close the wall of a miracle. In the end, the only real difference...is skill."

"Experience and miracle are two agents crafted with different names and meanings, yet express the exact same nature. It takes a miracle to gap experience. It takes experience to close the wall of a miracle. In the end, the only real difference...is skill."

Lionel Suggs, American Writer

Wisdom, Experience, Skill, Mystery

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"I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have."

"I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Knowledge, Ignorance, Humility

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"True wisdom is being able to say 'it is what it is' with a smile of celebratory wonder on your face."

"True wisdom is being able to say 'it is what it is' with a smile of celebratory wonder on your face."

Eric Micha'el Leventhal, American Poet

Wisdom, Acceptance, Wonder, Smile

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"Who are the learned? Those who practice what they know."

"Who are the learned? Those who practice what they know."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Wisdom, Learning, Practice, Knowledge

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"Truth is the highest knowledge. Faith is the highest courage. Reason is the highest wisdom. Love is the highest virtue."

"Truth is the highest knowledge. Faith is the highest courage. Reason is the highest wisdom. Love is the highest virtue."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Truth, Faith, Reason, Love

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"Slaves of wisdom are masters of many."

"Slaves of wisdom are masters of many."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Learning, Knowledge, Power

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"If knowledge is a glass of water, then wisdom is the unlimited, infinite and not yet invented ocean."

"If knowledge is a glass of water, then wisdom is the unlimited, infinite and not yet invented ocean."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Knowledge, Ocean, Unlimited

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"The people of today would rather stand next to a man with no substance but covered in gold, rather than the man with substance and wisdom of gold. What if God was dressed as a carpenter with dirty nails and beaten boots? Would you recognize your Maker? Would you give him your time? Your vote? A cup of tea or water? Only those with truth in them will recognize truth. And you must learn to recognize all that is untrue to get the truth."

"The people of today would rather stand next to a man with no substance but covered in gold, rather than the man with substance and wisdom of gold. What if God was dressed as a carpenter with dirty nails and beaten boots? Would you recognize your Maker? Would you give him your time? Your vote? A cup of tea or water? Only those with truth in them will recognize truth. And you must learn to recognize all that is untrue to get the truth."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Wisdom, Truth, Faith, Perception

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