Wisdom
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"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Seuss
"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet." James Oppenheim [May 30, 2011
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"In the sweet territory of silence we touch the mystery. It's the place of reflection and contemplation, and it's the place where we can connect with the deep knowing, to the deep wisdom way." Angeles Arrien
"Losing one glove is certainly painful, but nothing compared to the pain, of losing one, throwing away the other, and finding the first one again." Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996)
"There is much more to the mind than just thinking. When your mind is silent, the Universe surrenders." Master Sun, 7 minutes of magic [May 11, 2010
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"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world."
 Helen Keller
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)
"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise man grows it under his feet." James Oppenheim
"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it -- and stop there -- lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more." Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
"Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, tools, stars, horses, and people. Shortly before his death, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the image of his own face." Luis Borges
"There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second." Logan Pearsall Smith, essayist (1865-1946)
"There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor. " George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952)
“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.” Doug Larson
"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive and do not forget." Thomas Stephen Szasz [May 25, 2007
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“There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.” Logan Pearsall Smith, essayist (1865-1946) [May 07, 2007
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“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” Naguib Mahfouz, writer (1911- )
“When I can look Life in the eyes, / Grown calm and very coldly wise, / Life will have given me the Truth, / And taken in exchange---my youth.”Sara Teasdale, poet (1884-1933)
“Every fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.” Harry Anderson
“If we look at the Japanese artist, we see a man who is undoubtedly
wise. What does he spend his time doing? Studying a single blade of
grass.” Vincent van Gogh
[May 26, 2005
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“Why should it be that whenever men have looked for something solid on which to found their lives, they have chosen not the facts in which the world abounds, but the myths of an immemorial imagination.” Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) American mythological scholar [May 20, 2005
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“There is often more wisdom to be found at the edges of life than in its middle. Life threatening illness may shuffle our values like a deck of cards. Sometimes a card we have been carrying on the bottom of our deck for most of our lives turns out to be the top card, the thing that really matters. Having watched people sort their cards and play their hands in the presence of death for many years, I would say that rarely is the top card perfection or possessions or even power. Most often the top card is love.” Rachel Remen
“The wisest person is not the one who has the fewest failures but the one who turns failures to best account.” Richard R. Grant
“Growth in wisdom can be measured precisely by decline in bile.” Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900)
“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.” Charles H. Spurgeon
“The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.” Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator and writer (106-43 BCE)
“A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.” Alexander Pope, poet (1688-1744)
“Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.” William Arthur Ward
“Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.” William Arthur Ward
“The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.” Lao-tzu
“The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.” Han Jiang-tsiu
“Wisdom is perishable. Unlike information or knowledge, it cannot be stored in a computer or recorded in a book. It expires with each passing generation.” Sid Taylor
“Every man is a damned fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.” Elbert Hubbard |
