Wisdom Quotes
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O Lord...
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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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You should not be afraid of failures, and not get enamored by success.
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If we can return to a government that the Founders, in their wisdom, envisioned for us, we can return to a government that will allow our economy to thrive again, and our people to live in liberty.
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Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.
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To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.
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For this fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown; since no one knows whether death, which they in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
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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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'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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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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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.
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Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
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The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.
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We must learn from the sermons of Christ, the wisdom of Laotzu, the teachings of Buddha.
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Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.
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God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.
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Stay close by the door, if you desire all beauty
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To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.
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The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
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The advantage of age is that you swap youth for wisdom. You're so full of insecurities when you're young. 'Who am I? What do I have to do for people to like me?' You get caught up in things. You get very emotional about things.
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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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With age comes a greater wisdom, an ease and comfort with oneself.
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America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
