Wisdom Quotes
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has.
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The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations.
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'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming kindness on every page.
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There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.
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Turn your wounds into wisdom.
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Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
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Linux is a complex example of the wisdom of crowds. It's a good example in the sense that it shows you can set people to work in a decentralized way - that is, without anyone really directing their efforts in a particular direction - and still trust that they're going to come up with good answers.
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By meditation we develop that strength within us, so automatically we start solving the problem.
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Outside of hip-hop, it was in comics that I most often found the aesthetics and wisdom of my world reflected.
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Of all the many leaders I have met in the course of my life, none made a deeper impression on me than Nelson Mandela. His courage, compassion, humility and wisdom were without parallel on the world stage, and he himself was an enduring source of inspiration.
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All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.
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Giving opens the way for receiving.
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Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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We must learn from the sermons of Christ, the wisdom of Laotzu, the teachings of Buddha.
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.
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A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.
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They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I'm going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself.
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With age comes a greater wisdom, an ease and comfort with oneself.
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Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.
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Initiative can neither be created nor delegated. It can only spring from the self-determining individual, who decides that the wisdom of others is not always better than his own.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check when you need it: a mirror reflection of myself. I believe that we are a result of our family - the people who encourage us and tell us the truth about who we are which helps us to grow through their advice and wisdom.
