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Wisdom Quotes
"Unsex me here and fill me from crown to toe full of direst cruelty That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose." Macbeth."
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"Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is."
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"There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts."
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"When you sweeten your knowledge and experience with your thoughts, it becomes your wisdom."
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"Our vision becomes very narrow when we need things to be a certain way and cannot accept things the way they actually are."
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"Possession without understanding leads to loss."
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"I have learned that the swiftest traveller is he that goes afoot. I say to my friend, Suppose we try who will get [to Fitchburg from Concord] first. The distance is thirty miles; the fare ninety cents ... Well, I start now on foot, and get there before night; I have travelled at that rate by the week together. You will in the meanwhile have earned your fare, and arrive there some time tomorrow, or possibly this evening, if you are lucky enough to get a job in season. Instead of going to Fitchburg, you will be working here the greater part of the day. And so, if the railroad reached round the world, I think that I should keep ahead of you; and as for seeing the country and getting experience of that kind, I should have to cut your acquaintance altogether."
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"Profundity of thought belongs to youth clarity of thought to old age."
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"A questioning man is already half wise."
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"Nero, you are an example to all the children on this shuttle. Because most of them are so foolish, they think it is better to keep their stupidest thoughts to themselves. You, however, understand the profound truth that you must reveal your stupidity openly. To hold your stupidity inside you is to embrace it, to cling to it, to protect it. But when you expose your stupidity, you give yourself the chance to have it caught, corrected, and replaced with wisdom. Be brave, all of you, like Nero Boulanger, and when you have a thought of such surpassing ignorance that you think it's actually smart, make sure to make some noise, to let your mental limitations squeak out some whimpering fart of a thought, so that you have a chance to learn."
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"The word is only a representation of the meaning, even at its best, writing almost always falls short of full meaning."
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"Not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of . . . but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take."
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"Wisemen's minds and hearts live together under the same roof of wisdom."
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"If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion."
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"Sometimes thinking is like talking to another person, but that person is also you."
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"The gift of knowledge is empowering, but the gift of wisdom is life-changing."
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"A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all."
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"We are wise to be cautious, but I suggest we prepare for the worst and hope for the best."
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"Your wisdom decides your value, the size of the problems you can solve, the opportunities you create, and ultimately the level of success you experience."
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"Intelligence is not always the source of knowledge but love is."
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"What you have suffered after you have healed will make perfect sense."
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"The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it."
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"Honey from the devil's fingers tastes bitter."
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"Life gives us experiences for personal development. Appreciate the lessons and be a learner."
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"Carelessness does more harm than a want of knowledge."
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"Whatever you do, it will be a path. Life does not work like a light switch - on/off, fat/skinny, miserable/happy, crazy/sane. All things take time, patience, and practice. Anyone who tells you different is profiting off your fearful ignorance of the truth."
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"Be grateful to those who refuse your demands. They are your benefactors."
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