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Wisdom Quotes

"Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother."

"Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Wisdom, Mother, Infinite

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"We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows."

"We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows."

Robert Frost, American Poet

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"If you could understand impermanence deeply, you would develop more equanimity. You would not get too excited about either the ups and downs of life."

"If you could understand impermanence deeply, you would develop more equanimity. You would not get too excited about either the ups and downs of life."

Satya Nadella, Indian Business Leader

Wisdom, Impermanence, Excitement, Life

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"Integrity is doing what is right and truthful, and doing as you say you would do."

"Integrity is doing what is right and truthful, and doing as you say you would do."

Roy T. Bennett, American Author

Wisdom, Truth, Power, Inspirational

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"And," my dad concluded, calming down a little, "all our dignity consists in just that. I mean, man's little and can't fill time and space, but he sure can make use of the brain God gave him."

"And," my dad concluded, calming down a little, "all our dignity consists in just that. I mean, man's little and can't fill time and space, but he sure can make use of the brain God gave him."

Philip K. Dick, American Writer

Wisdom, Dignity, Mind, Human, Existence

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"A wise man does not step betwixt the beast and his meat."

"A wise man does not step betwixt the beast and his meat."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Wisdom, Caution, Survival, Strategy

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"We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already."

"We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

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"When you cling to something from the past, your hands cannot be open to receive the gifts of the future."

"When you cling to something from the past, your hands cannot be open to receive the gifts of the future."

Kate McGahan, American Author

Wisdom, Past, Open, Future, Release

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"I have learned through dreams more wisdom, than by reading hundreds of books."

"I have learned through dreams more wisdom, than by reading hundreds of books."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Wisdom, Dream, Learning, Knowledge

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"Ignorance never settles a question."

"Ignorance never settles a question."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Wisdom, Ignorance, Truth, Knowledge, Question

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"There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for pay."

"There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for pay."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

Wisdom, Men, Nothing, Will

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"Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life."

"Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life."

Dolly Parton, American Musician

Wisdom, Balance, Life, Work, Success

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"Strength and wisdom are not opposing values."

"Strength and wisdom are not opposing values."

William J. Clinton, American President

Wisdom, Strength, Values

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"The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men."

"The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Wisdom, Men, Difference, Intellect, Originality

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"Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors."

"Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors."

James Madison, American President

Wisdom, Policy, Loss, May

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"Ignorance is an illusion, we seek understanding. Compassion paves the way towards understanding and understanding paves the way towards acceptance."

"Ignorance is an illusion, we seek understanding. Compassion paves the way towards understanding and understanding paves the way towards acceptance."

Alaric Hutchinson, American Author

Wisdom, Knowledge, Compassion, Understanding, Acceptance

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"Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means."

"Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Wisdom, Knowledge, Question, Meaning, Philosophy

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"Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind."

"Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Wisdom, Inaction, Mind, Purity, Water

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"To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi."

"To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

Wisdom, First, World

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"Never test another man by your own weakness."

"Never test another man by your own weakness."

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

Wisdom, Strength, Testing, Weakness, Perception

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"An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes."

"An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Wisdom, Enemy, Wishes

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"There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior."

"There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior."

Fran Lebowitz, American Journalist

Wisdom, Death, Peace, Behavior, Nervousness

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"Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom."

"Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Wisdom, Temple, Doubt

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"Of all paths a man could strike into there is at any given moment a best path which here and now it were of all things wisest for him to do. To find this path and walk in it is the one thing needful for him."

"Of all paths a man could strike into there is at any given moment a best path which here and now it were of all things wisest for him to do. To find this path and walk in it is the one thing needful for him."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

Wisdom, Path, Choice, Life

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"Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet."

"Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet."

Robert Orben, American Entertainer

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"Wise wretch! with pleasures too refined to please,With too much spirit to be e'er at ease,With too much quickness ever to be taught,With too much thinking to have common thought:You purchase pain with all that joy can give,And die of nothing but a rage to live."

"Wise wretch! with pleasures too refined to please,With too much spirit to be e'er at ease,With too much quickness ever to be taught,With too much thinking to have common thought:You purchase pain with all that joy can give,And die of nothing but a rage to live."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Wisdom, Pain, Joy, Life

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"You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created."

"You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Wisdom, Change, Creativity, Thought, Logic

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"A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things."

"A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

Wisdom, Man, Words

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"When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it."

"When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Wisdom, Nothing, H. Jackson Brown

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"Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne."

"Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne."

Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

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"Intelligence is naked without wisdom. Wisdom dresses interestingly with intelligence."

"Intelligence is naked without wisdom. Wisdom dresses interestingly with intelligence."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Wisdom, Intelligence, Knowledge, Learning

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"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep."

"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

Wisdom, Lying, Sleep, Worry

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"Much wisdom often goes with fewest words."

"Much wisdom often goes with fewest words."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"The result showed the wisdom of your orders."

"The result showed the wisdom of your orders."

John Bigelow, American Lawyer

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"The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality."

"The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality."

Andrew Jackson, American President

Wisdom, Equality, Man, Taxation

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"There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is."

"There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

Wisdom, Goodness, Sorrow, World

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"Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of."

"Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Wisdom, Life, Time

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"I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act."

"I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act."

Bill Gates, American Businessman

Wisdom, People, Act, Problems, Will

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"Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left."

"Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left."

Arianna Huffington, American Journalist

Wisdom, Media, Right

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"Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late."

"Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late."

Felix Frankfurter, American Judge

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"Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two."

"Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two."

John Cheever, American Writer

Wisdom, Knowledge, Strength, Evil

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"Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy."

"Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy."

William Temple, British Archbishop

Wisdom, Friend, Enemy, Folly

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"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."

"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Wisdom, Life, Man, World, Years

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"Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose."

"Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

Wisdom, Purpose, Future, Meaning

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"Age considers; youth ventures."

"Age considers; youth ventures."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

Wisdom, Age, Youth

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"Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but clearly they were created in myself and are part of me, they are mental constructs in my own brain."

"Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but clearly they were created in myself and are part of me, they are mental constructs in my own brain."

Ray Kurzweil, American Inventor

Wisdom, People, Dream

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"Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness."

"Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness."

Cyril Connolly, English Journalist

Wisdom, Darkness, Folly, Ignorance

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"Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy."

"Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy."

Napolean Hill, American Author

Wisdom, Successful, Will

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"It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods."

"It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Wisdom, Being, Force, Purity

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"It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom."

"It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom."

Dee Hock, American Businessman

Wisdom, Trust, Ability, Humility

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