Wisdom Quotes
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With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it grow; And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd - 'I came like Water, and like Wind I go'.
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O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at birth, consisting in the power to control and direct my own mind to whatever ends I might desire.
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The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.
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Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.
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To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.
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It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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Wisdom is to have dreams big enough not to lose sight when we pursue them.
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You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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A fence to wisdom is silence.
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I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.
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The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
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Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom.
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I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
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There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge, to a happy life here and now, and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening. And what is that one thing? It is mindfulness centred on the body.
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Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.